All,
After much thinking, and despite grave concerns I raised about what transpired in the last 24 hours, I decided to get behind the Dual Mode RFC at this time. I call upon everyone - both people that haven’t yet voted and those who voted no - to do the same so that we ensure that we have STH in PHP 7.0: wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints_v5#vote As I’ve said all along, I’m not doing it because I think it’s good, I actually think it’s pretty bad – both in absolute terms and in the precedent for introducing ‘both’ options instead of a single opinionated one. That move is designed to help ensure that we have SOME form of Scalar Type Hints in PHP 7.0, which is clearly what the userbase at large wants. We can revisit casting rules in the future without time pressure, and in general, see how this new feature is accepted and used. Again, I call upon everybody to vote Yes for the Dual Mode RFC to ensure that we have some form of STH in PHP 7.0. Zeev
