RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Andrea, > -Original Message- > From: Andrea Faulds [mailto:a...@ajf.me] > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 9:00 PM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness > > Hi, > > Anatol Belski wrote:

RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Andrea, > -Original Message- > From: Andrea Faulds [mailto:a...@ajf.me] > Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 12:47 AM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness > > Hi Anatol, > > Anatol Bel

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Anatol, Anatol Belski wrote: It may not be documented, but that doesn't put it outside the scope of BC. People will unintentionally rely on bugs. What is the reason to use \int if "class \int{}" is prohibited? A typo :) ? It might be used deliberately since some IDEs (PHPStorm in

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi! > It may not be documented, but that doesn't put it outside the scope of > BC. People will unintentionally rely on bugs. People might, but we are under no obligation to keep bugs around for these people. -- Stas Malyshev smalys...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi, Anatol Belski wrote: that's my point as well. There is a clear documentation about type hints, usage of an undocumented way is out of scope of BC. Using \int means there were a "class int{}" which is prohibited. Of course it is a bug after all, which will be addressed. It may not

RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Stas, > -Original Message- > From: Stanislav Malyshev [mailto:smalys...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 6:28 PM > To: Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me>; internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness > &g

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

On 11/24/2015 05:47 PM, Andrea Faulds wrote: Can this be fixed for 7.0.0? I sure hope so. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

On 24 November 2015 at 17:16, Andrea Faulds wrote: > Hi Stas, > > Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > >> Hi! >> >>>>>function a(\int $i) {} Is it intentional that the \ in front of the "int" is allowed? IMHO, this confusing notation must not be

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi! > It can't wait for 7.0.1, because banning this would be a > backwards-compatibility break with 7.0.0. We have to fix it in 7.0.0 or > not fix it ever. In theory, yes. In practice, if somebody starts using 7.0.0 and immediately jumps to using \int, I don't feel too bad for breaking that

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Stas, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: Hi! It can't wait for 7.0.1, because banning this would be a backwards-compatibility break with 7.0.0. We have to fix it in 7.0.0 or not fix it ever. In theory, yes. In practice, if somebody starts using 7.0.0 and immediately jumps to using \int, I don't

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

On Nov 24, 2015 12:28 PM, "Stanislav Malyshev" wrote: > > Hi! > > > It can't wait for 7.0.1, because banning this would be a > > backwards-compatibility break with 7.0.0. We have to fix it in 7.0.0 or > > not fix it ever. > > In theory, yes. In practice, if somebody starts

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi! >> > function a(\int $i) {} >> >> Is it intentional that the \ in front of the "int" is allowed? IMHO, >> this >> confusing notation must not be allowed. > > This is weird and I'd consider it a bug. You can't do \array or > \callable, and if I saw \int, I'd think it meant a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Stas, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: Hi! This is weird and I'd consider it a bug. You can't do \array or \callable, and if I saw \int, I'd think it meant a class of that name rather than a scalar type. I would assume \int means class named "int", as opposed to "int" type. That's

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

On 24/11/2015 18:50, Andrea Faulds wrote: > There's no syntax change. We'd be adding another fatal error to > zend_compile.c triggered by a flag on the token. No messing around with > the parser. > > I understand your concern about the risk, but it's the kind of change > that wouldn't break