Re: [RFC] Add num_available_processors

Hi Larry, Thanks for your feedback. I've reworked the introduction at https://wiki.php.net/rfc/num_available_processors and hopefully the use case is a bit clearer now. Best Daniel On 2025-05-25 22:22, Larry Garfield wrote:

On Sat, May 24, 2025, at 12:37 PM, Daniel Kesselberg wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm happy to share my first RFC :) It proposes adding a small function to retrieve the number of available processors; a feature that's commonly found in other programming languages and one that I believe would be a useful addition to PHP. The related PR has already received a bit of early traction, and now that the RFC is complete, I'm looking forward to your feedback! RFC: https://wiki.php.net/RFC/num_available_processors Patch: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/11137 Best Daniel

I don't really have a problem with adding a function to expose this value, in concept. But what is the use case, exactly? The RFC mentions something about php-cs-fixer in passing in half a sentence, but doesn't explain it further. Please explain further what value this has for core, rather than the parallels extension. (In the RFC, not just here on list.) --Larry Garfield