[PHP-DEV] Re: [VOTE] [RFC] Bound-Erased Generic Types

On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 at 16:53, Seifeddine Gmati <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello internals,
>
> Voting is now open on the Bound-Erased Generic Types RFC, as announced
> in the Intent to Vote message earlier this week.
>
> There are two votes on the RFC page:
>
> 1. Primary vote, requires a 2/3 majority: accept the RFC as proposed.
> 2. Secondary vote, simple majority, conditional on the primary
> passing: variance marker syntax, `+T` / `-T` (Hack, Scala) vs `in T` /
> `out T` (C#, Kotlin). Semantically identical; only the surface syntax
> differs.
>
> The vote started on 2026-06-14 at 16:50 UTC and ends on 2026-06-28 at 17:00 UTC.
>
> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/bound_erased_generic_types
> Discussion thread: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130816
> Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/21969
>
> Cheers::<>,
> Seifeddine.

Hello Internals,

This RFC closed with a vote of 7 for, 19 against, and 10 abstentions,
therefore, it has been declined.

Cheers,
Seifeddine.