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Subject: back to 5.4 alpha
From: smalyshev@sugarcrm.com (Stas Malyshev)

Hi!

I think by now, whatever you think on strict typing/typehints, it is 
clear to everybody that there's no consensus about this feature, and 
with Rasmus, Zeev & Andi, along with many others, being against it, as 
of now it can not be a part of an official PHP release.

On the other hand, we have tons of cool features in trunk which aren't 
controversial and that we do want people to try out.

So I'd propose doing the following:

1. Moving parameter typing to a feature branch (by branching current 
trunk and then rolling back the typing part in the trunk).
2. Starting 5.4 alpha process after that basing on trunk.

Any objections to this?

People that like the typing can still have them in the branch (and they 
can keep the branch as current as they want) and if we ever See The 
Light (TM) and want typed scalar parameters back, they're only a merge 
away.

What do you think?
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Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
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