Hi Matthew, > On 15 Jan 2015, at 16:59, Matthew Leverton <lever...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't like this at all. I'd prefer raising a new warning type (e.g., > E_AUTOCAST) over this.
That error type would cause absolute chaos, unless people decided not to make use of it. Custom error handlers are global and affect all code, including in libraries. I can’t see how this would be even slightly useful. > Does the voting system support instant-runoffs? If people could rate > their preferences of: > > 1) strict scalar types > 2) weak scalar types (auto cast) > 3) both - different syntaxes. e.g, (int) $foo vs int $foo > 4) no scalar types > > we could reach a compromised consensus without some building > Frankenstein. I don’t think supporting both approaches is really a “Frankenstein”. It would work out quite cleanly in practice. I had considered holding multiple votes, but I decided against it. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
