Re: [PHP-DEV] make casts more strict in PHP 7

Hi!

> No, no it would not. PHP’s explicit casts cannot fail, and there is
> absolutely no good reason to change this. If people want strict
> casting, we can add new functions or operators for that specifically.
> But to break explicit casts and make them sometimes fail would cause
> innumerable bugs and backwards-compatibility ideas.

I agree. If the developer explicitly states they want conversion, it
should be conversion. For implicit casts, some tightening may be ok, but
for explicit ones I think it would bring much more headaches than it's
worth.

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Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
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