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Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:41:03 +0200
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To: Gustavo Lopes <glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] boolval() again
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi Gustavo,

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Gustavo Lopes <glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt> wrote:

> Adding a function or class most definitely is not a language change (unless
> they have some special treatment like Iterator), unless you consider all the
> core functions and classes to be part of the language, at which point
> everything is a language change.

boolval like other type related functions are not languages constructs
per se but parts of the very core of PHP, so same treatment applies.

> An RFC for such a trivial change is an utter waste of time IMO.

I would not say waste of time, but for the long term record and
clarity, a RFC should always be written, no matter how short (i.e.
boolval) or long (i.e. intl additions) it is.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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