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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #49628, comment 23

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8	8	> If this trend continues, it's reasonable to leap forward to where type casting non-scalars could also follow that trend.
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10		I doubt it will. PHP's [https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_null_to_scalar_internal_arg RFC for 8.1 is only about nullable], which I believe will resolve internally as void, in turn removing a strict check ("is a parameter not inputted or is it `null`?"), improving performance. Even if ~~we will~~, we're not there yet; let's work with the facts we know: We're computer scientists, after all.
	10	I doubt it will. PHP's [https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_null_to_scalar_internal_arg RFC for 8.1 is only about nullable], which I believe will resolve internally as void, in turn removing a strict check ("is a parameter not inputted or is it `null`?"), improving performance. Even if the trend continues, we're not there yet; let's work with the facts we know: We're computer scientists, after all.
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12	12	PHP went from a weakly typed, slow, and buggy language to a dynamically typed, fast, and reliable language. Facing HHVM/Hack, the PHP Group began its quest for performance, making them rethink how to model PHP's internal structure. In this, they found that the overhead of type juggling is inefficient and it made both their and userland's debugging process difficult.