Hi Andrea, I totally see your viewpoint. That's why initially I voted "YES", because your proposal somehow makes sense. My when I thought over and use a weak/strict boolean type conversion on my own brain, I came to the conclusion my real wish does not get fully addressed with a "YES", leading me to switch my vote. I really wanted to expose the motivation of my change here, so everyone is aware that I do love strict typing, and I really want this in for PHP, but not in this RFC way.
[]s, On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > Hi Guilherme, > > > On 9 Feb 2015, at 18:12, guilhermebla...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > I read again and again the RFC and I just decided to switch my vote. > > Originally a "YES" voter, I'm now a "NO" voter. I still want strict types > > to exist in PHP, and not only at the end-user level, but also at the > > internals level (I can see so many optimizations around...). > > However, I think it's not an INI setting or a per file operation. I > > consider it should be (at the current PHP's pace) a heavily flexible > > support. I tend to agree that if you put "string" in its definition, you > > don't want a weak type, but strict type, the same way when you put > MyClass > > instead of nothing. > > > > That's why I don't agree with the declare or "use strict" or <?php > strict. > > If I say "string $foo", I want a string, not a converted value. By > > accepting this fact, makes easier in the future to make OO primitive > types > > if we wish, and also makes everything easier for everyone... if you have > > foo(string $name), you expect strict type... if you want weak type, > > foo($name). All code will work as is today, no BC breaks. > > > > That's my 2 cents... now time to update my vote in RFC. > > I can understand that viewpoint, but it’s not terribly kind on your users. > You’re basically saying that you want to force people who’d prefer weak > typing to use strict typing if they use your API. It’s doing this which > this RFC is designed to prevent. I don’t think allowing people to force > their way on their users is a good way to deal with the lack of weak or > strict consensus in the community, no matter whether it’s nice for API > design or not. > > Thanks. > > -- > Andrea Faulds > http://ajf.me/ > > > > > -- Guilherme Blanco MSN: guilhermebla...@hotmail.com GTalk: guilhermeblanco Toronto - ON/Canada
