Re: Changing fundamental language behaviors

Am 13.09.2019 um 09:41 schrieb Lester Caine <lester@lsces.uk>: > On 12/09/2019 23:16, Mike Schinkel wrote: >> Those who vote on this list will decide if breaking WordPress end-user's site bothers >> them or not. That's something too few people on this list seem to be aware of: Breaking other people's perfectly functional code because you believe in a different coding style is not something which should be done easily. > So we *DO* need an LTS version of PHP that will run perfectly functional websites for the next > ten years while others create the next replacement for the likes of WordPress by moving framework > functionality inside PHP ... I agree! Which means there will be additional burden on the PHP core developers as there will be another version to back port security fixes to for a long time. Also not a decision to be made lightly. While I do like democracy I also agree with Zeev that it is too easy for people to vote yes on a breaking change even if they didn't think it through. So if you voted yes for any change of a notice/warning to an exception (which will break things) please reconsider! Is it really worth it? And if you really think so, could we make it opt-in? Or at least globally opt-out-able? - Chris