> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Andreev [mailto:n...@devilix.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:15 AM > To: Zeev Suraski > Cc: Andrea Faulds; Stas Malyshev; Dmitry Stogov; PHP Internals > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Safe Casting Functions > > > While it doesn't explicitly say so, it's clear that one of the goals > > of the RFC is make it easier for a 'strict typing' RFC to be accepted > > in the future. This is a clear indication this constitutes a > > fundamental > change to the core language. > > I'd argue that it has the exact opposite goal - to be able to say "use > to_string(), to_int(), etc; we don't need strict type hinting".
You may be right, I may have misinterpreted the rationale - but I think the consequences are still the same. If this (in the eyes of the author) undoes the need for a feature as fundamental as strict typing, how can it be just a bunch of simple functions? Zeev -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
