Re: [VOTE] Deprecate dynamic properties

Thank you Sara! I could not agree more with you. I think this answers to most tweets and messages that I’ve seen the past few weeks. // Tobias > On 16 Nov 2021, at 14:20, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > > Serious questions for all the folks worried that this is some kind of death > nail for PHP. > > 1. Do you have code you're responsible for which uses dynamic properties so > broadly that adding this attribute is a burden? > 2. Do you know of real code in widespread use which uses dynamic properties > so broadly that adding this attribute is a burden? > > All I see being bandied about are hypotheticals. So here's my answers: In > my entire career (which granted, is only about half actually written IN > php) I can point to exactly one class* which makes use of dynamic props and > it would take me a hot minute to add the attribute and commit it to the > repo (note: This code base is running on 5.x, so it doesn't need it, but it > can handle the attribute all the same). I don't consider that hot minute > to be problematic. > > For those wondering what's the point: Making the engine better is the > point. We won't see the payoff in 8.2, or even 9.0, but by 10.0 we should > be able to be in a better place and have a better engine out of it. > > -Sara > > * Not counting uses of stdClass which is going to implicitly have this > attribute.