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To: Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] PHP 5.7
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)


Hey Stas,

> On 30 Dec 2014, at 08:26, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> I still haven't achieved a proper understanding of what 5.7 would
> actually include (so far the only real BC thing mentioned that it can
> warn about is the switch thing, and IMHO making the new minor just
> because of that makes little sense, of course I'm not counting
> non-accepted RFCs since otherwise there's like 40 of them), so I =
intend
> to vote no, but if somebody really sees something substantial that I
> missed, please point me out, as I am not opposed to the idea of 5.7 =
just
> don't see any practical content for it for now.

Basically, it would include everything that the latest 5.6.x release had =
at the time it was finalised, plus deprecation notices and new reserved =
words (if any). That would be it. If that doesn=E2=80=99t seem worth it =
to you, I won=E2=80=99t stop you voting against it. :)

Thanks.
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Andrea Faulds
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