FWIW, while I think strict types - stricter than even strict languages - don't belong in PHP, this syntax is clearly a step up from declare(), which was definitely not intended for this purpose.
Zeev > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea Faulds [mailto:a...@ajf.me] > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 9:45 PM > To: PHP Internals > Subject: [PHP-DEV] Syntactical change to Scalar Type Hints RFC > > Hi, > > I’m posting this in a new thread since people might (reasonably) be > ignoring > further responses to the [VOTE] thread. > > I’m considering a small change to the Scalar Type Hints RFC, specifically > about syntax. Quite a few people have said they don’t like the declare() > syntax, and it’s easy to see why. It’s rather verbose, it has all the > quirks of > declare() (such as block syntax, not respecting scope), and it’s rather > ugly. > > Instead, I’m wondering if the following might be better: > > <?php strict > > Which would be used like so: > > <?php strict > > function foobar(): int { > return 1.0; // error! > } > > It’d be a per-file directive, so there’d be zero mixing of modes within > one file, > and you’d avoid the quirks of declare(). > > It’s also a lot shorter, and it resembles Hack’s syntax: > > <?hh // strict > > Of course, changing this would mean restarting the vote, but it’s only > been > three days, we’re less than a quarter of the way through voting. > > Thoughts? Thanks! > > (By the way, I’d appreciate it if this thread didn’t turn into yet another > discussion of how and whether scalar type hints are a bad/good idea. We > already have at least four threads on that subject. I’m just considering a > specific change of syntax.) > > -- > Andrea Faulds > http://ajf.me/ > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, > visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
