# Status of "Make primitive types reserved words" in PHP 5.4

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/53985
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/53985
- Started by David Soria Parra on 2011-07-16T14:12:41+00:00
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## #53985 — David Soria Parra — 2011-07-16T14:12:41+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/53985#53985

Hi Internals,

just a heads up on the proposed "make primitives types reserved words"
change.  the current votes are 36 to 21 in favor of implementing it.

This change has a big impact on backward compatibility and will break
existing code. Possible work arounds as discussed on the mailinglist
have their own problems and inconsistencies, while still not solving
all issues.

Therefore Stas and I think this change is not ready for inclusion in
PHP 5.4 and will not make it into the alpha 3.

I think we all can agree here that with just a minimal lead in votes
and not reaching a 2/3 majority and a lot of core devs rejecting it,
it's better to leave it out at the moment.

- David

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## #53986 — Pierre Joye — 2011-07-16T14:54:54+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/53985#53986 · In reply to: #53985

even more than vote, we can veto it due to a huge BC break (use of
primitive names inside a namespace, f.e.)


> Hi Internals,
>
> just a heads up on the proposed "make primitives types reserved words"
> change.  the current votes are 36 to 21 in favor of implementing it.
>
> This change has a big impact on backward compatibility and will break
> existing code. Possible work arounds as discussed on the mailinglist
> have their own problems and inconsistencies, while still not solving
> all issues.
>
> Therefore Stas and I think this change is not ready for inclusion in
> PHP 5.4 and will not make it into the alpha 3.
>
> I think we all can agree here that with just a minimal lead in votes
> and not reaching a 2/3 majority and a lot of core devs rejecting it,
> it's better to leave it out at the moment.
>
> - David
>
> --
> 
> 
>
>



-- 
Pierre

@pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org

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## #53987 — Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa — 2011-07-16T16:32:38+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/53985#53987 · In reply to: #53985

> Hi Internals,
Hi David,

>
> just a heads up on the proposed "make primitives types reserved words"
> change.  the current votes are 36 to 21 in favor of implementing it.
>
> This change has a big impact on backward compatibility and will break
> existing code. Possible work arounds as discussed on the mailinglist
> have their own problems and inconsistencies, while still not solving
> all issues.
>
> Therefore Stas and I think this change is not ready for inclusion in
> PHP 5.4 and will not make it into the alpha 3.
Sure.

>
> I think we all can agree here that with just a minimal lead in votes
> and not reaching a 2/3 majority and a lot of core devs rejecting it,
> it's better to leave it out at the moment.
I agree. As Pierre said, it implies an important BC break.


Cheers.

-- 
Ivan Enderlin
Developer of Hoa Framework
http://hoa.42/ or http://hoa-project.net/

Member of HTML and WebApps Working Group of W3C
http://w3.org/