Re: [VOTE] let construct (Block Scoping)

Hey Tim, I went for "abstain". I'm a proponent of functional programming paradigms, and I frequently touch Haskell / Nix, which have let ... in ... and ... where ... , which are nice. I feel like cluttering the PHP language for something that is already (in my own opinion) resolved by IIFEs (and inlining/optimization thereof) is not necessary. I don't mind if the feature makes it into the language, but I feel like it just complicates the AST further, for very marginal gains. Greets, Marco Pivetta https://mastodon.social/@ocramius https://ocramius.github.io/ On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 at 10:17, Tim Düsterhus <tim@bastelstu.be> wrote: > Hi > > we just opened the vote on the “let construct (Block Scoping)” RFC > (which was originally proposed as “use construct”, but the keyword > changed as a result of the discussion). > > Please find the following resources: > > - RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/optin_block_scoping > - Official Discussion Thread: > https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129059 > - Related Discussion Thread: > https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/129251 > > There is one primary vote to cast on the RFC. Voting will run for 2 > weeks until 2026-02-05 09:30 UTC. > > Best regards > Tim Düsterhus >