RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Deprecate PHP's short open tags V2

2019-07-23 Thread vsuraski
> -Original Message- > From: G. P. B. > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:55 PM > To: PHP internals ; Derick Rethans ; > Peter Kokot > Subject: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Deprecate PHP's short open tags V2 > > Hello internals, > > Due to the controversy after the initial vote on the D

[PHP-DEV] hebrevc() and other 'contentious' 7.4 proposed deprecations

2019-07-10 Thread vsuraski
Two separate topics on this message: First - I wanted to point out that my fierce defense of the hebrev() function does not in fact extend to hebrevc(). As much as I think the RFC was really wrong about hebrev(), and we got scarily close to deprecating a functionality that - while somewhat eso

RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] Deprecate PHP's short open tags

2019-04-24 Thread vsuraski
FWIW, I think it's a bad decision, made against the thoughts of clear majority of core developers - and for hardly a good reason. I believe it illustrates very well why we need to properly define our voting eligibility rules, and I hope someone would be up to the challenge of tackling it (I de