Hi! > Hmm, I have some doubts that it's okay for users if we remove the WDDX > extension in PHP 7.4 without any deprecation phase. Is there any
I think deprecation phase is necessary for features that are being removed. For extension being moved to PECL I do not see any point in annoying the users for a year with error messages. If they need it, they'll keep using it anyway, if they do not, they'll drop it - but deprecation messages here do not add much value that one single announcement can't make. > Furthermore, the deprecation notices *are* annoying, and it seems to me > that is good, because probably nobody should continue to use these > functions. They're unsafe for general data change, and there are likely Well, if we think nobody should use them then it's not move to PECL, it's discontinuation of the extension. These two are completely different cases. > Don't get me wrong: I like to unbundle the WDDX extension with the least > possible effort as soon as possible, but dropping it appears to be > simpler as possible. If it's still available in PECL, whoever needs it would easily get it there. If we think it's unusable anymore, then we need to declare that and not move it to PECL but sunset it. -- Stas Malyshev smalys...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
