Are PECL modules preferable?

> On Mar 21, 2020, at 5:59 PM, tyson andre <tysonandre775@hotmail.com> wrote: > FROM: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] is_literal() > > And if it can be implemented as a PECL module, that would be more preferable to me than a core > module of php. > If it was in core, having to support that feature may limit optimizations or implementation > changes that could be done in the future. Just wanted to address this comment which was made on another thread (I did not want to hijack that thread.) A large number of PHP users have no control over the platform they run on, so the option to use PECL modules is a non-starter for them. Here are several of those managed hosting platforms I speak of. Collectively they host a large number of WordPress sites, and Pantheon also host Drupal sites: https://pagely.com/ https://wpvip.com/ https://wpengine.com/ https://kinsta.com/ https://pantheon.io/ Given that, if there is an option between a useful feature being added to core or left in PECL, I would vote 100% of the time for core, since working with WordPress on a corporate site I can rarely ever use PECL extensions. #fwiw -Mike