Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Arrays starting with a negative index

From: Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 12:19:39 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] [VOTE] Arrays starting with a negative index
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Voting "no" as well, since applications relying on "array_keys()" and assuming on the allowed integer range of those may even become vulnerable. This is one of those subtle BC breaks that are extremely hard to find. On 7 Jun 2017 2:12 p.m., "François Laupretre" <francois@tekwire.net> wrote: > Hi, > > The same for me. Strange to see 7 people willing to introduce such a BC > break in a minor version, or did I miss something ? > > Anyway, +1 to introduce the change in PHP 8. > > Cheers, > François > > Le 07/06/2017 à 13:31, Derick Rethans a écrit : > >> On Tue, 6 Jun 2017, Pedro Magalhães wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> I have just opened the vote on this RFC. >>> >>> The main goal of the RFC is to eliminate the inconsistency in arrays when >>> negative numeric keys are used explicitly and the following implicit keys >>> will start from zero. >>> >>> You can find the RFC here: >>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/negative_array_index >>> The previous discussion: >>> https://externals.io/thread/712 >>> And the PR (also some discussion): >>> https://github.com/php/php-src >>> /pull/2383 >>> >> I voted no because of the BC break. >> >> cheers, >> Derick >> >> >> >

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