Re: Discussion: Remove file statcache?

On 21/12/2024 19:43, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote: > Rather than a global setting, which would make behaviour even more unpredictable in libraries > and out-the-box applications, I wonder if we could make the cache explicit on the functions that use > it? > > I'm thinking for instance of an extra argument, like: > > $perms = fileperms($name, statcache: true); > $size = filesize($name, statcache: true); In my opinion, this will become very messy. > > I'm not sure if this should default to false straight away, or be introduced gradually > somehow, but it would make the behaviour much more explicit. Changing a default would be another BC break. > > Regards, > Rowan Tommins > [IMSoP] Kind regards Niels