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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:48:04 +0300
To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] back to 5.4 alpha
From: zeev@zend.com (Zeev Suraski)

At 21:30 11/08/2010, Stas Malyshev 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?

+1