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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC Proposal - static modifier for classes
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Tommins)

On 20 November 2023 08:35:15 GMT, Lanre Waju <lanre@online-presence=2Eca> w=
rote:

>1=2E I will personally implement this feature=2E

That's good to hear, but the initial implementation is not the main cost o=
f a new feature=2E Once we add something, it's very hard to remove, and eve=
ry future change has to consider that feature and make sure it doesn't brea=
k=2E

That's why "do we need X when Y does nearly the same thing" is a more vali=
d argument (in general) than you're giving it credit for: if we included ev=
ery variation of every feature, the language and its implementation would b=
ecome unmanageably complex, so we have to choose where to draw the line=2E

It's up to the person proposing a feature to persuade others that it falls=
 the right side of that line - that the benefit of the feature outweighs th=
e cost of having it in the language=2E

(It's also worth noting that the previous proposal also had an implementat=
ion, linked at the bottom of the RFC=2E)

It's probably not productive to just say "the people who voted last time a=
re wrong", but it was long enough ago that a new RFC on the topic wouldn't =
break any rules=2E So, if you want to proceed with this, you can try to com=
e up with a justification that addresses the points raised previously, and =
follow the process here: https://wiki=2Ephp=2Enet/rfc/howto


Regards,

--=20
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]