Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable

On 6/13/2016 12:48 PM, Pascal MARTIN, AFUP wrote: > Hi, > > At AFUP, we agree the inconsistency outlined in this RFC is quite > strange and fixing it would be nice for the language. > > But, we are not sure this should be done in PHP 7.1 (or any other minor > version, actually). > > Instead, some of us would be more comfortable with PHP 7.1 (or 7.2, if > it becomes too late for 7.1) adding a deprecation warning. The > inconsistency could then be fixed for 8.0. > This way, no BC-break for 7.x minor versions on this point. > > Even if PHP allowing developpers to modify $this is kind of strange and > they shouldn't do it, it still is existing behavior. Is there any rush > of fixing this for end-users, on a minor release? > > In any case, thanks for your work on this! > I have to second this concern as with most of the other tiny RFCs going on right now. This is creating a huge BC chain. Yes, the stuff is weird but fixing it in a minor is not how this should be approached. -- Richard "Fleshgrinder" Fussenegger

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