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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] noreturn type
From: sebastian@php.net (Sebastian Bergmann)

Am 01.04.2021 um 10:56 schrieb Benjamin Eberlei:
> I voted no, because i think this should at the maximum be an attribute.
> 
> This RFC is using the declaration of the return type, to specify that it
> never returns. As such noreturn or never is a keyword a long the lines of
> public or final, but it is not a return type.
> 
> I don't think the argument for potential optimizations in Opcache to
> eliminate dead code or allow IDEs to hint at dead code are valuable enough
> to justify this change.

Following Benjamin's argument, I have changed my vote to no.