-1 However, this is ONLY because I do not feel PHP 5.3 is the place to put this. However, I do have to agree with Ilia here that PHP 6 is too far away and it would be nice to have this feature long before then. I would however, be very for adding something similar to this patch in a PHP 5.4 release. I don't see why a PHP 5.4 release can't be done relativly quickly (Like 6-12 months) by just making it more of a minor internal update but something that could have large impacts on user code (syntax changes for type hints).
I'd like to see a feature like this out as soon as possible so that people can start adopting it. - Graham Kelly On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Ilia Alshanetsky <i...@prohost.org> wrote: > Andrei, > > PHP represents a major change on every aspect of the language, I think you > gotta appreciate it that even if it were to be released today there would be > sometime before it can certified as production ready in terms of stability > and performance. I'd go on a limb and say that PHP6 is probably 3-4 years > away from being production material and that's assuming it gets released in > the next 8-12 months. During that time people still need to develop > applications, which are getting increasingly complex and any helpful > tool/feature would be an asset. > > > > On 7-Jul-09, at 4:52 PM, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: >> >>> PHP 6 is too far off in a practical sense (sorry Andrei) from the time >>> where I can see myself using it in production or other people benefiting >>> from this function. The (simpler) variant of provided patch is what is >>> currently being used on production, if it can go into 5.3, which I see >>> myself using soon, then there is a tangible benefit from making this a >>> public feature (reduce the amount of custom patching) and spending the time >>> to refine it for public consumption and making it PHP 6 ready. If it can >>> only be added in PHP6, then the amount of interest I personally have towards >>> further evolution of this feature is very minimal. >>> So for me personally, the practically of the feature's deployment is >>> critical. >>> >> >> Ilia, I understand what you're saying, but with this kind of attitude PHP >> 6 might never arrive if we all keep putting only the things that are >> practical for our (personal) usage into 5.3, 5.4, etc. The best way to >> shorten the time horizon of 6 is to treat it as the primary target of the >> development effort. >> >> -Andrei >> > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
