On Thu, 2 June 2016 Bob Weinand wrote: > Hey all, > > I know, it has been quite some time … but it's still well in time for 7.1. > > Time to move on and put Union types to vote soon. [In the next 1-2 days] > > We have done some changes to the RFC to emphasize the appeal of > union types as well as clarified what exactly we will vote on. > > If you have more feedback, it's welcome: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/union_types > > Thanks, > Bob
Thank you (and Levi) for this RFC! I can't vote, but I'd like to weigh in with my userland perspective. Just last week I was working with several functions that accept array|Traversable and array|string parameters. Union types would make it easier to document these functions, as well as eliminate the boilerplate code currently required to validate their parameters. I am also in favor of the proposal to replace ?QuestionMarkNullables with union|null. Having a single way to declare nullable types will keep the reflection API simpler, make things easier for static analysis tools, and prevent developers from having to wonder which syntax they should use for a given function. This would be a big win for language consistency, and this is probably our only chance to make the change without breaking BC. Theodore Brown -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
