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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:08:27 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP True Async RFC Stage 4
To: Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes>
Cc: Aaron Piotrowski <aaron@trowski.com>, PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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From: edmond.ht@gmail.com (Edmond Dantes)

Hello.

It seems to me that the following solution balances the different
viewpoints better:

1. Keep the base `Awaitable` interface, which defines an object that
can be awaited.
2. Introduce a `FutureLike` interface that extends `Awaitable`.
3. Modify the `await()` function so that it only accepts `FutureLike` objec=
ts.
4. Functions such as `awaitAll` or `awaitAny` may need to be renamed,
but that=E2=80=99s outside the scope of this RFC.
5. There will be no need to create a `Future` for functions designed
to work with an `Awaitable` object =E2=80=94 this keeps the `select case`
syntax clean.

**Naming issue**

I see a certain inconsistency between `await` and `Awaitable`.
It might be worth coming up with a better name for `Awaitable`.
I remember that =E2=80=9CObservable=E2=80=9D was once suggested.