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To: Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: RFC - Array Of for PHP 7
From: php-lists@koalephant.com (Stephen Reay)


> On 7 Nov 2017, at 17:21, Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> I was around when that happened, so I know what I'm talking about.

I'm not going to get into the whole "it can be done in userland why do we ne=
ed it in core" debate, because honestly that's a silly discussion to have wh=
en you don't have any planned implementation to discuss the merits of.

The only reason I wanted to respond was your last line, quoted above.

Being "around" when something happens means zero as far as credibility or kn=
owledge.

The captain of the titanic was "around" when it sank.