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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Status of "Make primitive types reserved words" in
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From: ivan.enderlin@hoa-project.net ("Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa")



On 16/07/11 16:12, David Soria Parra wrote:
> Hi Internals,
Hi David,

>
> just a heads up on the proposed "make primitives types reserved words"
> change.  the current votes are 36 to 21 in favor of implementing it.
>
> This change has a big impact on backward compatibility and will break
> existing code. Possible work arounds as discussed on the mailinglist
> have their own problems and inconsistencies, while still not solving
> all issues.
>
> Therefore Stas and I think this change is not ready for inclusion in
> PHP 5.4 and will not make it into the alpha 3.
Sure.

>
> I think we all can agree here that with just a minimal lead in votes
> and not reaching a 2/3 majority and a lot of core devs rejecting it,
> it's better to leave it out at the moment.
I agree. As Pierre said, it implies an important BC break.


Cheers.

-- 
Ivan Enderlin
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