On 7 August 2024 14:30:24 BST, Theodore Brown <theodor...@outlook.com> wrote: >On Tue, July 30, 2024 at 03:49 G. P. Banyard wrote: > >> Hello Internals, >> >> I have just opened the vote for the "Transform exit() from a language >> construct into a standard function" RFC: >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/exit-as-function >> >> The vote will last for two weeks until the 13th of August 2024. > >I really appreciate RFCs like this which not only make the language more >consistent for userland developers, but also simplify PHP's internal >implementation, paving the way for future optimizations and new functionality. > >In my experience, extension developers nearly always have to make some changes >to support each new PHP version, so I'm not sure why that would be a reason to >prevent improving the language.
This is misrepresenting my concern. I understand that new versions require changes. One of my issues is, is that so far I could not find a way to replicate existing functionality with this patch applied. The RFC does not mention a BC break, nor does it have an entry for UPGRADING.INTERNALS either. cheers Derick
