Re: [RFC] Deprecations for PHP 7.2

On 18.11.2016 at 20:01, Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote: > 2016-11-18 15:55 GMT+01:00 Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>: > >> I've submitted this RFC for PHP 7.1 previously, but didn't follow through >> due to time constraints. Now I'd like to propose an extended version for >> PHP 7.2 and vote on it sooner rather than later to avoid a repeat >> performance. >> >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecations_php_7_2 >> >> The RFC combines a number of deprecation and removal proposals. Each one >> will get a separate 2/3 majority vote. The RFC overlaps with some recently >> discussed topics (each, binary strings) -- I'm fine with dropping these if >> someone has a more specific RFC. >> >> I expect some of these are no-brainers, while others are more controversial >> -- please share your specific concerns. > > Awesome list, thanks for your work. I got a couple of things to maybe > consider adding: > > arg_separator.output/input -- Do we really need an ini to define > these, can't they be baked in or something? (I did not look at the > code) See also a recent discussion on comp.lang.php: <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.php/wHi0skD_gTc>. TL;DR: these ini settings may cause quite some confusion (note that the OP is a long-term PHP developer), but removing them might cause considerable BC breakage. We have to be very careful here, IMHO. -- Christoph M. Becker