On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 at 06:13, Seifeddine Gmati <[email protected]> wrote:
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Literal Scalar Types > On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 02:22, Seifeddine Gmati <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Internals, >> >> I'd like to start the discussion on a new RFC adding literal scalar >> types to PHP. >> >> - RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/literal_scalar_types >> - Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/22314 >> >> Thanks, >> Seifeddine. >> > > Hi internals, > > I have updated the Literal Scalar Types RFC to version 1.0, which I > consider the final revision: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/literal_scalar_types > > The changes are editorial, based on feedback in this thread. I merged the > "Accepted literal syntax" section into the per-type sections so each > literal kind is described in one place, added a paragraph to the > introduction on where literal types fit next to enums, tightened the > reasoning in the matching semantics section, and added a short note on enum > comparisons to the Performance section. The proposal itself is unchanged: > the syntax, the semantics and the three votes are the same as in 0.3. > > Since this is a minor revision, I am opening voting shortly. A separate > [VOTE] thread will follow. > > Thanks to everyone who took part in the discussion. > > Seifeddine > Hello internals, A procedural update, following my retraction in the [VOTE] thread. Earlier I opened voting on this RFC without meeting the prerequisites: no Intent to Vote had been posted two days in advance, and the 1.0 update I announced earlier is a Minor change, which starts a seven-day Cooldown Period. I retracted the vote. The widgets are closed, and the RFC is back to Under Discussion. The text is unchanged since the 1.0 announcement and I intend to keep it frozen until the vote. Please consider this message my formal Intent to Vote. The Cooldown Period ends on July 30, and I plan to reopen the vote that morning (UTC), running for the standard fourteen days within the Intent to Vote lifetime. One open question is the PHP 8.6 feature freeze. A vote opened on July 30 closes on August 13, the day of beta1, and the tag is created on August 11, so a merge would happen during the beta period and needs Release Manager approval. I am checking with the 8.6 RMs whether that is acceptable. If it is not, I will retarget the RFC to PHP 8.7 (or 9.0?) instead. Retargeting changes the voting widgets, so it would be announced here as a change, trigger its own Cooldown Period, and be followed by a fresh Intent to Vote, with no deadline pressure. Thanks for your patience. Seifeddine.
