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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] RNG fixes
From: j.boggiano@seld.be (Jordi Boggiano)

On 21/06/2016 06:33, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> Why do we need so many functions to get a random int anyways if we now
>> have random_int()? I would like to see all of them deprecated and
>> removed in PHP 8.0.
>
> I don't understand this drive to remove functions and break existing
> code. What is the point of it? If you don't like them, don't use them.
> They can share underlying implementation but there's absolutely no
> reason to remove functions unless they do not work anymore, broken and
> can not be fixed, etc.

I agree that removing such widely used functions should be done 
extremely carefully, but marking them deprecated might be a good idea if 
there is a stronger alternative available. That way we encourage people 
to migrate, and at some point (PHP 9, 10, never, who knows) maybe they 
are unused enough that we can remove them safely.

Same with magic quotes and such, it took 10 years, but they are finally 
gone.

Cheers

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Jordi Boggiano
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