Re: [RFC] Restrict $GLOBALS usage
| From: | Nicolas Grekas | Date: | Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:04:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Restrict $GLOBALS usage | ||
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Hello Nikita,
> I would like to propose the following RFC, which restricts certain rare
> usages of $GLOBALS. This change will improve performance, reduce internal
> implementation complexity, and fix a very large class of bugs relating to
> $GLOBALS handling in internal functions.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/restrict_globals_usage
Yes please! This will allow removing some black magic from Symfony's
VarDumper component, which detects these "copies" of $GLOBALS:
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/31ee43a8c67897a2f61782060965f5c8a81f58a2/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Cloner/VarCloner.php#L144-L155
Nicolas