Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] var deprecation

2016-04-02 Thread Björn Larsson
Hi, Thanks for a well specified RFc and I got a nifty script to update my old PHP 5.2 code :-) Regards //Björn Larsson Den 2016-03-31 kl. 14:41, skrev Colin O'Dell: The voting period for the "var deprecation" RFC has ended. The final vote was 31 in favor and 23 against. The 2/3 majority requ

Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] var deprecation

2016-03-31 Thread Colin O'Dell
The voting period for the "var deprecation" RFC has ended. The final vote was 31 in favor and 23 against. The 2/3 majority requirement was not met and therefore this RFC has been DECLINED. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/var_deprecation#vote I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the discussio

Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] var deprecation

2016-03-25 Thread Christoph Becker
On 25.03.2016 at 08:12, Dmitry Stogov wrote: > Java is going to add "var" (http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/286), we are going > to remove... If this JEP is going to pass, "var" will be allowed to replace (local) *type declarations*. In PHP "var" is an alternative *visibility specification*. That'

RE: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] var deprecation

2016-03-25 Thread Thomas Punt
Hi Dmitry, > Java is going to add "var" (http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/286), we are going > to remove... We're not going to remove the "var" keyword, just deprecate its usage in the context of setting properties as public. The "var" keyword will still remain a reserved word, and it can therefore

Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] var deprecation

2016-03-25 Thread Dmitry Stogov
Java is going to add "var" (http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/286), we are going to remove... From: mtko...@gmail.com on behalf of Mutlu Kocak Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 22:15 To: Colin O'Dell Cc: PHP Internals Subject: Re: [PHP-

Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] var deprecation

2016-03-24 Thread Mutlu Kocak
+1 var should be deprecated On Thursday, 24 March 2016, Colin O'Dell wrote: > There have been some last-minute concerns raised about var being reserved > "for future usage". My intent was that var couldn't be used for > function/class names IN CASE it was re-used in the future, but not > encour