Re: [RFC] Deprecate Backtick Operator (V2)

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 10:45 AM Mark Randall <marandall@php.net> wrote: > I put forward the following RFC "Deprecate Backtick Operator (V2)" for > discussion. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-backtick-operator-v2 > > The argument that they're visually difficult to distinguish from a single quote is valid (though IDEs with syntax highlighting mitigate much of this), as are most of the arguments presented. However, as with several RFCs recently my overall position is: "BC breaks *must* have a justifiable benefit to outweigh their cost." The fact that so few people on the reddit thread which prompted this RFC (yes, I read the internet too) were even aware this feature existed points to there not being a problem which needs to be solved. The argument about it not being obvious that exec related ini settings apply to backtick is silly and I'm going to ignore it. -Sara