On Wednesday, 9 July 2025 at 08:17, Daikaras <webmaster@daikaras.lt> wrote:
>> We propose to deprecate the following non-standard cast names:
>>
>> - (integer)
>> - (boolean)
>> - (double)
>> - (binary)
>
> Hello,
>
> Just wondering is this going to affect settype() function? There is already some
> disparity in that settype() supports integer/boolean/double but not
> binary type (and additionally supports null type).
I wasn't aware of the discrepencies with settype() so I added the deprecation of non-canonical
type names to settype() as its own deprecation entry in the ext/standard section.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
Best regards,
Gina P. Banyard