Re: [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 8.5

Hey Tim, On 6.7.2025 15:35:16, Tim Düsterhus wrote:

Hi Since this is a recurring thing, I feel compelled to point out terminology: A deprecation in itself is not a breaking change. Let me disagree with this. Yes, a deprecation in *itself* doesn't break running code. However it is both a) an annoyance (you want to get rid of deprecations) and b) a promise that it will be eventually broken.

So, it requires a code change, maybe not immediately, but it will. And that's what we're getting at. It will break real code, just not right now. And there's not always a point in breaking real code for the sake of "this might be potentially confusing". (And for the feature in question, I do disagree that it's confusing, but that's not the point of this mail.) Bob