Add benevolentUnionTypes #8234
Add benevolentUnionTypes #8234
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| PHPStan has defined some benevolent union types. Those unions are not checked by the `checkUnionTypes` option enabled on level 7: |
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does the documentation mention anywhere what a "benevolent union type" actually is? if so it would be great to link to it here.
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you should always prefer active voice when writing documentation:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/active-vs-passive-voice/
| PHPStan has defined some benevolent union types. Those unions are not checked by the `checkUnionTypes` option enabled on level 7: | |
| PHPStan defines some benevolent union types, such as `array-key`. Benevolent unions are ignored by the `checkUnionTypes` option enabled on level 7: |
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does the documentation mention anywhere what a "benevolent union type" actually is? if so it would be great to link to it here.
There is none
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this is one of the big open mysteries :D the best we have so far is this #6440
I think it's a bit hard to understand and get and therefore mostly an internal thing to avoid annoyances
but, yeah, with this documentation it's not so internal anymore I guess :) so maybe somebody can describe them somehow
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