The closure optimizations RFC passed 24 to 0 and then shipped half. Static inference was pulled in August, so typing static on your closures is back on you.
Tag: php-8-6
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PHP 8.6 adds StreamErrorMode, StreamError objects and stream_last_errors(), so a failed fopen() reports a typed code instead of a warning string.
PHP 8.6 ships partial function application. The ? and ... placeholders build closures from any callable, and they make the 8.5 pipe operator usable.
PHP's Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC brings native generic syntax to PHP 8.6. Here is how bound erasure works, the syntax, and why the vote is contested.
PHP 8.6's partial function application lets you pre-fill arguments with a ? placeholder, and it finally makes the 8.5 pipe operator genuinely useful.