On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 at 08:19, Máté Kocsis <kocsismat...@gmail.com> wrote:

> As there was no discussion and complaint for a long time, we would like to
> move forward with the RFC. We believe Go and Tim answered Nikita's doubts
> elaborately, so we should make the question decided during the vote.
>


While I agree with the logic of deprecating mt_rand() in general, I do
think it's too early to do so in 8.3. The Random extension is very new, and
still isn't fully documented in the official manual (e.g.
https://www.php.net/manual/en/random.examples.php is a blank placeholder)
let alone in third-party tutorials. I think there should be a "soft
deprecation" period where we improve the guidance around which methods to
use in which cases, and allow for some "organic" migration before raising
notices for such a commonly used function.

If the RFC stays as is, I will cast a No vote on that question, but I
thought I'd raise the concerns early to avoid surprise.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]

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