On 10/31/2017 3:35 AM, Tony Marston wrote:
""Michal Harezlak"" wrote in message
news:caltzvrkflncw4+d-fu4cp2rmoscf77vzfz4f1cuvp3vymzk...@mail.gmail.com...
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.
I agree.
Features that result in significant improvements to algorithmic
complexity but can't be implemented in userland are the sort of features
that should be priority for core. That's another way to look at the
question that Tony put forth but in more concrete terms. Internals
already tends to adhere to that sort of policy anyway even if it isn't
formally written anywhere.
--
Thomas Hruska
CubicleSoft President
I've got great, time saving software that you will find useful.
http://cubiclesoft.com/
And once you find my software useful:
http://cubiclesoft.com/donate/
--
PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
