It was originally on the 5_2 TODO.
Where? Never seen it. Heard Derick lie to people about it a few times.
http://www.zend.com/zend/week/week287.php#Heading2
So your statemetn from above is false. It has never been on PHP 5.2 TODO. Zend weeklies are something completely different, wouldn't you agree?
Zend weeklies are written from information on the public internals mailing list except where it clearly states otherwise. I was quoting a public email from Ilia. The fact that you didn't notice it doesn't make it 'something completely different'.
Edin