Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Deprecate the backtick operator

Hi! > Hello PHPeople, I present to you... the shortest RFC ever. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-backtick-operator > > Let me know what you think! I think we need a bit more explanation that that. Why would we want to use backticks for Unicode strings? Why we need to deprecate existing functionality for that - aren't there other alternatives that do not require it? Also, it does not spell out what you mean by "deprecate" - would it be just a line in documentation? An warning/error message? Something else? "Backward Incompatible Changes" seems to be incorrect - if you plan to remove backticks or change its meaning at some stage, it certainly will impact scripts that use it. Even if it's just an error message, it can fail tests and cause other incompatible behavior. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com