On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Anthony Ferrara <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please do not implement int, float, etc as an alias to scalar. That's
> going to cause nothing but trouble later on. It will instantly close
> the door to any type of casting magic (due to BC concerns), be
> completely non-obvious ("I hinted for int, why is it a boolean?"), and
> cause nothing but confusion.
>
> If you only want to add a scalar hint, I'm fine with that (for now),
> but please only add the scalar hint, no aliases...
>
> Anthony
Anthony, can you provide an example so I can better understand your
concerns?
Thanks,
Adam