Re: PHP Language Specification

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > Just announced something at OSCON that's probably going to get a lot > of folks talking and making assumptions, so before things get out of > hand, I want to provide some context. > > We (As in PHP) have been talking about making a spec for the PHP > language for a LONG time. With PHPNG around the corner, the need for > a formal spec is even more important so that we can reliably ensure > that PHP.Next matches PHP 5.6's behavior as much as possible. > Meanwhile, other implementations of PHP (like HHVM) should be as spec > compliant as possible so that we don't see the language bifurcate. > > To that end, we (as in Facebook), have been putting together a formal > language spec for PHP (using PHP 5.6 as the source of truth) along > with an additional conformance test suite (which compliments > Zend/tests). We've talked to some engine folks along the way to get > feedback and make version 1 as good as it can be, and we're really > close to releasing it (aiming for next week). Note that this document > only covers the language syntax and not the standard runtime library. > > This document is meant for PHP, and PHP should be the steward of it > going forward, so we (as in PHP) should start looking at good ways to > keep it up to date and revise it over time. As a sneak-peak, uploaded > a very small section so that you get an idea for what the > document looks like overall. > > http://dl.hhvm.com/resources/PHPSpec-SneakPeak.pdf > > Tons of love, > -Sara Nice push Sara. Thank you. Julien.P