Re: [RFC] [Discussion] PHP 8.3 deprecations

On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 at 08:19, Máté Kocsis <kocsismate90@gmail.com> wrote: > As there was no discussion and complaint for a long time, we would like to > move forward with the RFC. We believe Go and Tim answered Nikita's doubts > elaborately, so we should make the question decided during the vote. > While I agree with the logic of deprecating mt_rand() in general, I do think it's too early to do so in 8.3. The Random extension is very new, and still isn't fully documented in the official manual (e.g. https://www.php.net/manual/en/random.examples.php is a blank placeholder) let alone in third-party tutorials. I think there should be a "soft deprecation" period where we improve the guidance around which methods to use in which cases, and allow for some "organic" migration before raising notices for such a commonly used function. If the RFC stays as is, I will cast a No vote on that question, but I thought I'd raise the concerns early to avoid surprise. Regards, -- Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]