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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 22:21:45 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [Discussion] Add date_test_set_now() function
To: Lanre <lnearwaju@gmail.com>
Cc: Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>, php internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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From: jorg.sowa@gmail.com (Jorg Sowa)

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> You don=E2=80=99t make any effort to help or provide constructive critici=
sm; you
just love to (incorrectly) tell everyone what they're doing wrong and how
they should be doing it, without adding anything constructive to the
conversation.

Please limit to the arguments on the topic, not a person.

The argument "Relying on the global mutable state is a bug" is completely
valid and in most of the cases is the signal of bad design. And it has been
already addressed in some of the functions, look at
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_3 for deprecations on rand
functions. However, it's not so trivial to fix everything introducing
compatibility-breaking changes. So it shouldn't be advised to add more of
such functions.

Kind regards,
Jorg

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>&gt; You don=E2=80=99t make any effort=
 to help or provide constructive criticism; you
 just love to (incorrectly) tell everyone what they&#39;re doing wrong and=
=20
how they should be doing it, without adding anything constructive to the
 conversation.<br><br></div>Please limit to the arguments on the topic, not=
 a person.<br><br></div>The argument &quot;Relying on the global mutable st=
ate is a bug&quot; is completely valid and in most of the cases is the sign=
al of bad design. And it has been already addressed in some of the function=
s, look at <a href=3D"https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_3">https:=
//wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_3</a> for deprecations on rand functi=
ons. However, it&#39;s not so trivial to fix everything introducing compati=
bility-breaking changes. So it shouldn&#39;t be advised to add more of such=
 functions.<br><br></div>Kind regards,<br></div>Jorg<br></div>

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