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--- rfc:get_debug_type [2020/02/15 14:14] – created marandall
+++ rfc:get_debug_type [2020/02/17 09:43] – marandall
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   * Version: 1
   * Date: 2020-02-15
-  * Author: Mark Randall, mrandall@php.net
+  * Author: Mark Randall, marandall@php.net
-  * Status: Draft
+  * Status: Under Discussion
   * First Published at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/get_debug_type
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 This RFC proposes to add a new function get_debug_type that will return the given type of a variable.
-This function would differ from gettype in that it would return native type names, "int" rather than "integer" and would automatically resolve class names.
+This function would differ from gettype in that it would return native type names, e.g. "int" rather than "integer" and would automatically resolve class names.
+  * 0 => int  (previously: integer)
+  * 0.1 => float  (previously: double)
+  * true => bool
+  * false => bool
+  * "hello" => string
+  * [] => array
+  * null => null
+  * A class with name "Foo\Bar" => foo\bar  (previously: object)
+  * An anonymous class => class@anonymous  (previously: object)
+  * A resource => resource (xxx)  (previously: resource)
+  * A closed resource => resource (closed)  (previously: resource)
 ===== Backward Incompatible Changes =====
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 ===== Proposed Voting Choices =====
-A straight yes / no vote on adding the new function.
+Yes / no vote on adding the new function.
-Should resource names be resolved? Would appear as resource(resource_type).
+Yes / no on resource names be resolved - Would appear as resource(resource_type).
 (Optional) A vote on the name, if there is not a clear majority consensus during RFC discussion.

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