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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:31:39 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] back to 5.4 alpha
From: simpleshot@gmail.com (Adam Richardson)

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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>wrote:

> 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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> (408)454-6900 ext. 227
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