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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] [BugFest] Feature request #38685: str_[i]replace(): Add support for (string needle, array replace)
From: francois@tekwire.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Laupretre?=)

> De : christopher jones [mailto:christopher.jones@oracle.com]
>
>> To summarize, I started with a rather simple feature request and was
>> then pushed by external wishes.
>
> See #13 at
> https://blogs.oracle.com/opal/entry/the_mysterious_php_rfc_process
> "Take advice on board but make sure your feature doesn't end up being
> designed by a committee."

I appreciate, really.

I see that I was not clear enough when I said that I was 'pushed by =
external wishes'. I must reassure you as  I am generally well-known to =
be quite 'unpushable' when the advices I receive don't fit my =
objectives. The whole challenge, here, as anybody (should) know, is to =
avoid denaturing your vision, while keeping an open mind and accepting =
advices and constructive critics. When people are constructive and know =
what they are talking about, negotiating a proper mix is generally easy. =
When it is not the case, it is harder... but we are just weak humans =
and, sometimes, battles of egos are also part of the game...

These last 25 years (yes, I am probably MUCH older than everyone else =
here but that's not a reason to throw stones at me :), I have =
continuously opposed weak committee decisions and I am quite experienced =
(although tired) on this kind of process. This is also the reason why I =
didn't have only friends on the PHP internals ML, but that's all over =
now...

To illustrate this, I just modified the RFC to indicate that the trend =
was to limit search recursion to 1 level, as I also think that, even if =
attractive from a theoretical point of view, nested search would be too =
confusing for a marginal benefit. On the other side, I still insist on =
arbitrarily-nested subject because I think it is worth the =
(all-relative) added complexity.

I am waiting for your comments on the RFC.

PS: The only persistent fault I recognize is writing too long messages =
:)

Regards

Fran=C3=A7ois