On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, at 19:08, Derick Rethans wrote: > Hi! > > Arnaud, Larry, and I have been working on an article describing the > state of generics and collections, and related "experiments". > > You can find this article on the PHP Foundation's Blog: > https://thephp.foundation/blog/2024/08/19/state-of-generics-and-collections/ > > cheers, > Derick >
Hello, I had an idea I wanted to share: Since PHP Opcache now has an Intermediate Representation (IR), could we potentially store this IR in a file and recompile it on demand? This approach could make PHP ahead-of-time compiled (though I believe this already happens in-memory, to some extent, via opcache). I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the potential benefits and drawbacks of this idea. Could this solve some existing issues (especially in regards to generics/etc), or might it introduce new ones? Additionally, would it make sense to consider breaking PHP into separate components: the runtime, the libraries/extensions, and the compiler? Regards, — Rob
