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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Add num_available_processors
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From: mail@danielkesselberg.de (Daniel Kesselberg)

Hi Larry,

Thanks for your feedback.

I've reworked the introduction at 
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/num_available_processors and hopefully the use 
case is a bit clearer now.

Best
Daniel

On 2025-05-25 22:22, Larry Garfield wrote:
> On Sat, May 24, 2025, at 12:37 PM, Daniel Kesselberg wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I'm happy to share my first RFC :) It proposes adding a small function
>> to retrieve the number of available processors; a feature that's
>> commonly found in other programming languages and one that I believe
>> would be a useful addition to PHP.
>> 
>> The related PR has already received a bit of early traction, and now
>> that the RFC is complete, I'm looking forward to your feedback!
>> 
>> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/RFC/num_available_processors
>> Patch: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/11137
>> 
>> Best
>> Daniel
> 
> I don't really have a problem with adding a function to expose this 
> value, in concept.  But what is the use case, exactly?  The RFC 
> mentions something about php-cs-fixer in passing in half a sentence, 
> but doesn't explain it further.  Please explain further what value this 
> has for core, rather than the parallels extension.  (In the RFC, not 
> just here on list.)
> 
> --Larry Garfield