On 06.05.2021 at 18:37, Michał Marcin Brzuchalski wrote: > czw., 6 maj 2021, 17:23 użytkownik Sara Golemon <poll...@php.net> napisał: > >> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:10 AM Michał Marcin Brzuchalski < >> michal.brzuchal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> czw., 6 maj 2021, 16:01 użytkownik Christoph M. Becker <cmbecke...@gmx.de >>>> >>> napisał: >>> >>>> I wonder what to do with the PHP Language Specification[1]. Apparently, >>>> the repo is abandoned (last commit was more than a year ago, although >>>> PHP 8 changed quite some stuff). If we don't have the bandwidth to >>>> maintain it, we should mark it as unmaintained, and maybe some of the >>>> information could be moved to the PHP manual (I quite like the strict >>>> syntax specification, which the manual almost completely lacks). >>>> >>> >>> How much effort would it require? >>> Is there potentially someone who could help with reviews? >> >> Which part? Getting it up to date and keeping it there? Or moving the >> parts we most care about to the manual then abandoning it? >> >> I'm actually fairly happy either way, but it does need some TLC. Some >> brave soul to step up and yes, "YES! I WILL DEFEND THE LANGUAGE >> SPECIFICATION!" Someone with the courage to do the dirty work. WHO WILL >> STAND AND FIGHT?!* > > I can do this. > I love language nuances and clear explanations. > Possibly that would not be fast from my side but I believe this kind of > project doesn't have to reflect language changes immediately when it comes > to interpreter. Also a lot of time would spend on new content quality but I > believe when I ask for a help with not my native English language can > always find it. > > At least I'm brave enough to pick up the gauntlet. > > What do you say?
IMHO it is okay if the language specification doesn't reflect languages changes "immediately", but still not reflecting some PHP 7.1 changes[1] makes it pretty useless to me. And of course, this raises the question which PHP version shoud be documented? Different branches for each version, or maybe add comments/changelog entries? And then there is the even more general question regarding "conforming implementations". How many are there? The language specification has mostly been written to clarify the supposed behavior for different PHP implementations, but that doesn't seem to really matter nowadays. Note that the test suite has been intended to be used by all conforming implementations, but in practice isn't used by anybody. [1] <https://github.com/php/php-langspec/issues/204> -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
