> I don't think we should wait, I was just thinking that it might not be ready
> until that time.
>
> Also, if we plan on rewriting streams and I/O to all be async and use libuv
> underneath, that would probably be a BC break unless the existing functions
> just become blocking interfaces for a separate async API. If it was a large
> BC break, it probably would need to wait for PHP 8.
>
> Now that I think about it, that would be our chance to replace stream
> resources with classes...
>
> $file = \php\stream::open("file.txt");
> $bytes = await $file->read(1024);
> $file->close();
>
> Then rewrite fread() and friends to be aliases that block instead of await
> results.This is a great opportunity to normalize API standard libraries PHP :) > $bytes = await $file->read(1024); It is rarely necessary, more often needs $result = await $db->query($sql); and $result = await $noSql->get($key); -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
