On 29/06/2026 17:37, Seifeddine Gmati wrote:
Hello Internals,
I have updated the RFC to include a deprecation proposal for the
`list()` construct.
ref: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_8_6#deprecate_the_list_construct
I don't think it makes sense to deprecate list() if we're not
deprecating array() - they're exact counterparts, and both replaced by
the [] syntax. Indeed, [] as a replacement for array() dates to PHP 5.4,
but as a replacement for list() was only added in PHP 7.1.
I agree that it's not immediately clear that array() constructs and
list() extracts, but I think your example is unfair, because both
array($a, $b) and list("a" => $a, "b" => $b) are also valid.
A possible justification would be that one is more common than the
other, but right now there's no discussion or analysis of that. (Which
as I've said elsewhere in this thread will be an automatic "No" vote
from me if it's still the case at voting time.)
--
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]
