Re: [RFC] deprecate PDO::PARAM_NULL

Hi Adam, On 15/05/2017 13:49, Adam Baratz wrote: > I've heard a few people here mention that this type isn't useful. It looks > like it wouldn't be harmful to remove. The RFC mainly outlines the impact > and proposes a schedule for doing so. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_pdo_null > > Please let me know your thoughts. Please elaborate: "A handful of people on the internals mail list have asked for it to be removed" - where and when? "Supporting it adds some weight to PDO" what kind of weight? How many lines / microseconds are we going to save? I would agree that NULL is not a type and the constant shouldn't have been there in the first place, but I think it could be a bit too late now. The proposal itself is rather evil: it would break lots of code (a quick github search shows 95k+ results) for basically no gain. Or maybe I just didn't get it. Cheers -- Matteo Beccati Development & Consulting - http://www.beccati.com/