> > ergonomic, and in the case of magic method usage improve performance. >> > > I think this is a good direction to explore, but would recommend delaying > it until PHP 8.1. As the RFC and discussion note, the design space here > overlaps significantly with both readonly/immutability and property > accessors. We should take enough time to consider these > alternatives/extensions as well, to ensure that we don't end up with > multiple distinct and possibly incompatible mechanisms. We don't have that > time before PHP 8.0 feature freeze. >
I've updated the RFC to rather aim for 8.1, I fully agree this should in any form be made asure to align well with the related requests. Larrye's email is a good example of what kind the language might look like when several such features are potentially accepted in the future. May I propose that some of us interested in this do a short call over the summer on this topic to see if we can align on direction?
