From bf9d509b148e5b7b6988cb5ca8fd2d2f82b6636f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabien Potencier <fabien.potencier@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:53:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added a note about types we support

---
 contributing/code/standards.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/contributing/code/standards.rst b/contributing/code/standards.rst
index aadcb34ef90..9f2f35b3f11 100644
--- a/contributing/code/standards.rst
+++ b/contributing/code/standards.rst
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ Naming Conventions
 
 * Use alphanumeric characters and underscores for file names;
 
+* For type-hinting in PHPDocs and casting, use ``bool`` (instead of ``boolean``
+  or ``Boolean``), ``int`` (instead of ``integer``), ``float`` (instead of
+  ``double`` or ``real``);
+
 * Don't forget to look at the more verbose :doc:`conventions` document for
   more subjective naming considerations.