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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:00:49 -0300
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: PHP 8 Preview Releases
From: dyulax@gmail.com (Alan Willms)

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This could be a wonderful new feature for PHP 8:

https://github.com/nikic/scalar_objects

$string = "Hello world";
$string->toUpper()->replaceAll("world", "PHP 8");


On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:43 PM Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:40 AM Joe Watkins <krakjoe@php.net> wrote:
> > Since we now have a result for JIT and we know it will be included
> > in PHP 8, I think it's time to visit the idea brought up in discussion
> > to have preview releases of PHP 8.
> >
> > I'm interested in hearing what kind of schedules we think are going
> > to be useful - it's tempting to say let's track PHP-7.4 releases,
> > possibly with a bi-monthly interval, but I'm not sure if that may
> > be too soon, or too slow, or too fast.
> >
> IMO, preview releases should (for the time being) be largely driven by the
> progress of branch.  And by branch, let's be honest, I really mean the
> JIT.  So for the rest of 2019, this essentially (but not completely) means
> "When Dmitry wants something taken for a spin".  Maybe he rolls those, I
> don't mind rolling them for him if he's not inclined to do it.
>
> Coming into 2020, I think we should have monthly previews beginning one
> month after 7.4.0 GA until we reach the normal alpha period. (Preceding
> sentence is entirely provisional and subject to review as that time
> approaches)
>
> -Sara
>

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