Re: PHP Language Specification
| From: | Sara Golemon | Date: | Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:48:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP Language Specification | ||
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
> On 22 Jul 2014, at 23:37, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote:
>> The big question here, though, is whether, going forward, we'll be
>> able to mentally switch to a "spec first" mentality. If not, the spec will
>> get out of date and become less than useful. I hope we're able to
>> make that transition.
>
> I think that’s unrealistic. It will always be Zend code first, spec second.
> HHVM can play catch-up ;)
>
I dunno, with syntax changes being 2/3rd majority and our formal RFC
process in place, I think we (PHP) can reasonably learn to make
updating the spec a formal part of our process.
-Sara