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PHP:

var_dump(\XF::Options()->changeLogLength);

$option = Helper::find(\XF\Entity\Option::class, 'changeLogLength');
$option->option_value = 0;
var_dump($option->option_value);

Both of these will output a string type instead of the expected int type. This matters because xf-dev:generate-options-stub CLI command gives strongly typed hints, and phpstorm (and other php code formatting tools) will suggest to unwrap any casts. Except the underlying type is stringy so...

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