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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:57:05 +0200
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To: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] Typed Properties
From: me@kelunik.com (Niklas Keller)

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Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> schrieb am Di., 17. Juli 2018, 00:10:

> > Based on the feedback we received, we have decided to target PHP 7.4 for
> this
> > RFC. A main factor for this decision was that the RFC requires some
> non-trivial
> > changes to 3rd-party extensions for full compatibility. This would put
> the
> > ongoing (but nearly complete) effort to port extensions to PHP 7.3 back
> to
> > square one.
>
> As I mentioned beforehand, I think it's good it wasn't rushed into 7.3 and
> at the same time sorry it's not being targeted for 8.0.
>
> > Now that the target version is decided and the last open questions in
> the RFC
> > have been resolved, we plan to open voting tomorrow.
>
> IMHO one of the key reasons for not putting it into 7.3 was the fact that
> very little discussion about the actual proposal actually happened because
> it arrived so late in the 7.3 release cycle.  Most of the discussion under
> the Typed Properties thread actually had to do with whether or not it
> should go into 7.3, 7.4 or 8.0 - and not about the specifics of the
> proposal.  I skimmed through the thread and found just a handful of
> responses that dealt with the specific of the proposals - most of them
> unanswered (unless I'm missing some internals email somehow).
>
> With this in mind, I think that now that the meta parts are finalized, we
> should allow a bit more time for real meaningful discussion about the
> proposal to happen.  I understand that you don't want to delay this to a
> later time in the 7.4 process, but delaying it by a week or so will allow
> people to actually review the proposal in more detail without the
> uncertainty that surrounded it beforehand - and perhaps have their concerns
> addressed.  Given that 7.4's finalization date is a year away, and there
> are no conflicting RFCs in the queue - a week will not have any sort of
> negative influence on the proposal, but might have some positive impact on
> its contents.
>
> Zeev
>

I'd also like to ask for a further discussion period. Seems like there is
quite some discussion going on right now.

Regards, Niklas

>

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