""Michal Harezlak"" wrote in message
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Hallo,
I would like to create a RFC for PHP 7, but the same RFC was created and
declined 3 years ago for PHP 5.4. PHP 7 support much better type hinging so
I think this RFC should be voted again.
What should I do? Should I create the RPF in common way?
Link to mentioned RFC:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/arrayof
This strikes me as being nothing more than a micro-optimisation that does
nothing but pander to the laziness of certain programmers. Instead of having
to write a few lines of code to validate something they want the language to
do it for them. It may come as a surprise to some people, but being a
programmer actually involves the writing of program code. It is not
sufficient to express an idea and have the language fill in all the details
as that forces the language to have to detect and deal with a myriad of
possibilities.
I would evaluate each proposed change to the language with a simple
question - does it provide the greatest good to the greatest number?
Considering the fact that this RFC will only benefit a miniscule minority of
developers yet make the language more complicated, slower to run, and more
difficult to maintain as more and more edge cases are identified as "bugs",
it offers negative benefits to the vast number of programmers who are happy
with the language as it currently exists. As such it fails that test and
should be rejected.
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Tony Marston
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