Re: back to 5.4 alpha

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>wrote: > Hi! > > I think by now, whatever you think on strict typing/typehints, it is clear > to everybody that there's no consensus about this feature, and with Rasmus, > Zeev & Andi, along with many others, being against it, as of now it can not > be a part of an official PHP release. > > On the other hand, we have tons of cool features in trunk which aren't > controversial and that we do want people to try out. > > So I'd propose doing the following: > > 1. Moving parameter typing to a feature branch (by branching current trunk > and then rolling back the typing part in the trunk). > 2. Starting 5.4 alpha process after that basing on trunk. > > Any objections to this? > > People that like the typing can still have them in the branch (and they can > keep the branch as current as they want) and if we ever See The Light (TM) > and want typed scalar parameters back, they're only a merge away. > > What do you think? > -- > Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect > SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ > (408)454-6900 ext. 227 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > +1 -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com