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rfc:reserve_more_types_in_php_7 [2015/02/20 01:32] – Status -> Under Discussion levimrfc:reserve_more_types_in_php_7 [2017/09/22 13:28] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== PHP RFC: Reserve More Types in PHP 7 ====== ====== PHP RFC: Reserve More Types in PHP 7 ======
-  * Version: 1.0+  * Version: 1.1
   * Date: 2015-02-18   * Date: 2015-02-18
   * Author: Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>   * Author: Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Implemented (in PHP 7.0)
   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/reserve_more_types_in_php_7   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/reserve_more_types_in_php_7
  
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 This RFC prevents the use of the following words to be used as a class, interface or trait name: This RFC prevents the use of the following words to be used as a class, interface or trait name:
  
-  * ''int'', ''integer'' +  * ''int'' 
-  * ''bool'', ''boolean'' +  * ''float'' 
-  * ''true'', ''false'' +  * ''bool''
-  * ''float'', ''double''+
   * ''string''   * ''string''
 +  * ''true'', ''false''
   * ''null''   * ''null''
  
-This RFC does not fully reserve them as keywords; it only prohibits their usage as class, interface and trait names.+This RFC does not fully reserve them as keywords; it only prohibits their usage as class, interface and trait names. It also prevents them from being used in namespaces. 
 + 
 +I have chosen to not reserve ''integer'', ''double'' and ''boolean'' out of interest of proposing the smallest useful subset. Another RFC could reserve these aliases in the future.
  
 ===== Rationale ===== ===== Rationale =====
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 Potentially future RFCs could: Potentially future RFCs could:
  
 +  * reserve the aliases of these types, such as ''integer'', ''double'' and ''boolean''
   * add explicit scalar type support for parameter and return types   * add explicit scalar type support for parameter and return types
   * add union types, such as ''int|false''   * add union types, such as ''int|false''
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 This RFC requires at least two thirds of the votes to be "yes" to pass. This RFC requires at least two thirds of the votes to be "yes" to pass.
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 +<doodle title="reserve_more_types_in_php_7" auth="levim" voteType="single" closed="true">
 +   * Yes
 +   * No
 +</doodle>
  
 ===== Patches and Tests ===== ===== Patches and Tests =====
 There is currently no implementation. There is currently no implementation.
  
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 +===== Version History =====
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 +  * 1.0: Reserve ''int'', ''integer'', ''float'', ''double'', ''bool'', ''boolean'', ''string'', ''true'', ''false'', ''null''
 +  * 1.1: No longer reserve ''integer'', ''double'' and ''boolean''
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