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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:38:10 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] enum SortDirection
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From: levi.morrison@datadoghq.com (Levi Morrison)

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 9:52=E2=80=AFAM Tim D=C3=BCsterhus <tim@bastelstu.b=
e> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I just opened voting on the =E2=80=9Cenum SortDirection=E2=80=9D RFC.
>
> The RFC document is available at:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/sort_direction_enum
> You can find the Discussion at:
> https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130226
>
> The RFC contains a single primary vote requiring a 2/3 majority. Voting
> closes in just over 14 days on 2026-04-01 16:00:00 UTC.
>
> Best regards
> Tim D=C3=BCsterhus

Tim, I am curious if adding a backing value in a future release would
be considered a breaking change or not, something like:

enum SortDirection {
    case Ascending =3D 1;
    case Descending =3D -1;
}

The exact values don't matter for my question, only whether or not it
would be considered a backwards compatibility break.