On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Lin Yo-An wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote: > > > I think what I am missing in the RFC is behaviour with scalar (weak) > > typehints, and which type the variable in a class would be converted to. > > Take for example: > > > > function foo(int|bool $var) { echo get_type( $var ), "\n"; } > > > > foo(5); I guess int(5) > > foo(false); I guess bool(false) > > foo(0.5); It could be either int(1) or bool(true) > > > > And what if the hint would be "bool|int" ? > > I think type conversion shouldn't be done internally, implicitly. > > Implicit conversion leads more confusion in the language. when you > pass variables, you have to remember these conversion rules.
Sorry, we already have this with our weak scalar types. You can't make union types not work with that. cheers, Derick -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php