Hi Robert, > So what does that mean for scalar types? > IMO it means that way more important than adding scalar type hints to PHP > 7.0 is to agree on a new set of conversion rules for the long run. PHP should > strive to have one consistent set of conversion rules which apply in all > places > where implicit or explicit conversion are used.
That's exactly what I mean. I think people should keep in mind, when talking about enabling/disabling a given conversion, that the implicit scope is every explicit or implicit conversion implemented in PHP. In an ideal world, we would proceed in reverse order. We wouldn't start considering modifying the ZPP ruleset before having aligned every implicit/explicit conversions existing in PHP on a single ruleset. Unfortunately, if we want to keep a chance with STH in 7.0, we cannot do that. So, we will probably evaluate potential BC breaks on ZPP ruleset modifications only, meaning we'll make decision without a good evaluation of the BC breaks introduced by aligning other PHP conversions on the newly-proposed ruleset. So, we'll need to extrapolate from ZPP-only results. Regards François -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
