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I mentioned my >> concern about this being a BC break in the discussion thread. >> >> The RFC is also clear this is a BC break. It says: >> >> > This is a **backward incompatible change**. Scripts that rely on >> > `trim()` *preserving* leading or trailing Form Feed characters will >> > be affected. >> >> I'm a little surprised by the number of folks who voted "yes" on this, >> despite it being very clear this is a BC break and PHP "Next" is the >> implied proposed version. >> >> Cheers, >> Ben >> >> > > I would urge you to reconsider. Pushing all bug fixes with extremely > minor BC implications into a single release that happens every 5-7 > years will create problems with adoption. > > This fix should, imho, very clearly go into 8.6. > > Every minor ships with a BC list. E.g. > https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration85.incompatible.php and there > is nothing I can think of that is more minor than this change (maybe > except adding deprecations). > > Kind regards, > Volker > FWIW, I didn't call for the voting to be stopped. I pointed out the RFC was changed on the day voting began to target PHP 8.5 (from 8.6) without notifying the list, and I was worried those who voted might not have noticed the change. Cheers, Ben