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Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 15:49:04 +0100
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Phasing out Serializable
From: bjorn.x.larsson@telia.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Bj=c3=b6rn_Larsson?=)

Den 2020-12-07 kl. 15:11, skrev Nikita Popov:

> Hi internals,
>
> Picking up a loose thread:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/custom_object_serialization introduced a
> replacement for Serializable in PHP 7.4, so it's time to think about
> deprecating and removing the old mechanism:
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/phase_out_serializable
>
> This RFC follows a rather conversative approach. In PHP 8.1 there will be a
> deprecation warning if Serializable is implemented without also
> implementing __serialize() and __unserialize(). In PHP 9.0, support for
> Serializable is dropped internally, and only the interface retained. In PHP
> 10.0 the interface is dropped as well.
>
> Regards,
> Nikita

Given that 10.0 lies maybe ten years in the future if we have a similar 
timeline
like for 7.0 to 8.0. Is it then realistic to have such a long-term 
planning? For me
it feels a bit more prudent to remove it completely in 9.0.

Otherwise +1!

r//Björn L