Hi! > The PHP community that I know, wants to have _both_ type cast hinting > and strict type declarations.
No, different members of the community want different options, because it would serve their particular use cases. But that does not mean it necessarily must be part of PHP - not all use cases must and can be served by the language. Something will inevitably be left out. > PHP internals on the other hand, would rather argue to death over PHP internals would rather have consistent implementation that we can build on and support for next 10 years than serve one particular use case which may even not be there in 2 years or create a hodgepodge of syntaxes just to ensure nobody is left out. Yes, that means sometimes we argue a lot and sometimes we reject your favorite use case. Figuring what is right for a tool used by a diverse community of millions is not easy, and what could seem obviously right to you may seem as obviously wrong to somebody else. Sometimes it is better to not implement something than implement it wrong and be stuck with it for the next decade. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
