> On 9 Sep 2017, at 14:27, Haitao Lv <i...@lvht.net> wrote: > >> I note that the examples there all implement it not as a keyword, but as a >> library function, which maybe makes more sense: whereas "yield" turns a >> function declaration into a generator declaration, "Fiber\yield", as we >> might call it, is just a function call which can happen anywhere and >> manipulates some global state. > > As the Zend Engine does not offer API to pause execution, I cannot implement > the await without > introducing a new keyword (just like yield). > >> The choice of "await" also feels odd: you're not awaiting the thing on the >> right-hand side of the keyword, you're sending it somewhere and awaiting >> something else. > > await is chosen because we cannot reuse the `yield` keyword. Maybe we can > choose a more proper keyword.
Sorry for misunderstanding. The keyword await has been dropped and Fiber::yield implemented. Please see https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/2733 -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
