Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

2015-11-24 Thread Joshua Holmer
On Nov 24, 2015 12:28 PM, "Stanislav Malyshev" wrote: > > Hi! > > > It can't wait for 7.0.1, because banning this would be a > > backwards-compatibility break with 7.0.0. We have to fix it in 7.0.0 or > > not fix it ever. > > In theory, yes. In practice, if somebody starts using 7.0.0 and > immedi

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 7.1 Cryptography Projects

2015-08-04 Thread Joshua Holmer
> > >> Hi Peter, > >> > >> It's not really a "made-up string format", in the sense that it has a > >> precedent (PDO). > >> > > > > True, and that format sucks royally. It trips people up. > > > > Combining several arguments into one string is bad design. If it was good > > design, you'd see userla

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] Reserving More Types in PHP 7

2015-04-26 Thread Joshua Holmer
There is the approved RFC at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/context_sensitive_lexer which is listed as "pending implementation" which should alleviate these BC breaks significantly. The linked RFC mentions this one specifically under the "Impact On Other RFCs" section.