Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:110506 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 66762 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2020 03:53:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 14 Jun 2020 03:53:30 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E411804C8 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:38:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-ASN: AS15169 209.85.128.0/17 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail-qt1-f171.google.com (mail-qt1-f171.google.com [209.85.160.171]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:38:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qt1-f171.google.com with SMTP id g62so10116171qtd.5 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:38:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Fi4BMVI3aZrpRqv3v6BIH0IsmD2GE7IOrTMDxzLIdWI=; b=HGW0YT0hBj4c5MyFIOarCR++AAYzpYtRakM2LVLYOV+6O9LWvAfS5dd9qUsu7//wOV a30v922ai9da/V1S2OVWcCAtle6k063Q+rYUP/G7SgkFHn6a9yJ9l1x+hl7tn4/A9zJW fCp3coMdEwEMAjwg6vz3Ci8oM9r6/gx9xUPFtjfoOuBaL5FZ90Md6rAfKITqvYNauQTV 12Kd2TnolpN7g0j8Lzp47ffeFwv9DirYZNdWQiMMM45iFNp0dGvNnUHgyk+0p239HxCV 0EO05h2bIl0d13N9uI457Ert2wmS+OLbAUqPo+PJBPgW98BwYpoMGaADblZvHSG2+30j naQw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=Fi4BMVI3aZrpRqv3v6BIH0IsmD2GE7IOrTMDxzLIdWI=; b=kxExTkfoI59boJ83znCG+Q+ORC0x2vXjrsJJ107FGXarHiDzjVIcL4w7RzF+HXrjfy IDxjye0KQDmRk8xiE3swySjg07XYVyXVyFHMFjgw3vOurAMuWd8HE1uf2cV4asmRdDLu 4FCRm2my++a9dErmA85Q66XOJgyD3LHLHPUcN7b0BTZqBnSICb78a/YBzMfIaw14vMVB skkQhSvproUF5SfYCuD76r2OPPnH1ONne6BEir7y/ueIwG0FC0huret519zmtElEKWQt BXfjMuYVPeM0YVfgMrSc6JxwzfFYmmTyeqBtZ4gkMwLoO5ULsTvjxLLC6e/XgL2zJjsU zpcg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530HkP+/wkbhKAlmcEMSxDKd4PKM9DxQUdrt9nqfmjvTez+QTE0F Bd2VR/CtZjS4ALG+EBfdbAs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxtyF+clYYAVXnhjYyWoRGaSg6o+rI+2+39Z3xLriDMk4fCVjSZasD8D/ioFwvOpR+3xzWveQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:42ce:: with SMTP id g14mr9871218qtm.117.1592102293895; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:38:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.4.26] (pool-100-38-122-141.nycmny.fios.verizon.net. [100.38.122.141]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f14sm7911198qka.70.2020.06.13.19.38.12 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:38:13 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 22:38:12 -0400 Cc: Ilija Tovilo , PHP internals Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <7552A7C3-7F13-43D2-970C-AEDBB5602AB1@gmail.com> References: To: Kalle Sommer Nielsen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Reserve keywords in PHP 8 From: matthewmatthew@gmail.com (Matthew Brown) > I do not see a point in soft reserving something we don't even know if > it will make it into 8.x.=20 An enum implementation seems like something that almost certainly will = make it into the language in the next 4 years, given PHP=E2=80=99s = gradual adoption of features that already exist Hack (e.g. attributes, = constructor property promotion). While there have been many attempts to emulate enums in the language, = none have the simplicity nor ergonomics of actual native enum support.=