Re: [VOTE] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Anatol Belski <anatol.php@belski.net>wrote: > > Hi Anatol, > > > > > > A quick question: am I right to assume that because this vote has > > widespread impact on PHP it needs 2/3 majority per > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/voting ? > > > > > > It's not totally clear that the change is covered by any of the examples > > in the voting RFC, but I see the 64 bit project as affecting the language > > as a whole (for better or worse!) > > > catching up on this now as this was delayed by the mail issues. > > I'm not a native speaker, however what i read here > > [QUOTE] > We also need to ensure, as much as possible, that the decision isn't based > on some arbitrary circumstances (such as a temporary marginal majority for > a certain school of thought). For these reasons, a feature affecting the > language itself (new syntax for example) will be considered as 'accepted' > if it wins a 2/3 of the votes. Other RFCs require 50% + 1 votes to get > 'accepted'. > [/QUOTE] > > sounds for 50%+1, as it affects not the language itself (no syntax > changes, etc.) but its implementation. Even in such an unusual case :) > > Regards > > Anatol > Changing the integer type used by the language is most certainly a language change. "New syntax" is only given as an example of what constitutes a language change. Nikita