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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Arrays starting with a negative index
From: danack@basereality.com (Dan Ackroyd)

On 7 June 2017 at 13:41, Fran=C3=A7ois Laupretre <francois@tekwire.net> wro=
te:
> Hi,
>
> Right. Introducing this change is not compatible with the release process=
,
> whatever the result of the vote... explain why we
> should make an exception to the process.

The RFC process is the way that we change the rules, and RFCs are not
constrained by any previous RFC or by any 'constitution' as PHP
doesn't have one. This is similar to how the UK parliament isn't
constrained by any previous decision or constitution, which is
different from most other countries, where the power of the government
is limited by constitution.

It behooves people to pay attention to RFCs announced on this list,
and to raise their concerns during the comment phase - not to ask for
"why is this is being allowed" only when the voting starts. To be
clear, I'm referring to some of the more dramatic twitter
communications rather than any emails to this list.

Also, I'd be more comfortable with this targeting PHP 8 - though I'm
hoping someone would demonstrate some actual code that will break,
which would make it easier to decide, rather than just people claiming
stuff might break.

cheers
Dan