Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] Function Autoloading (mark 5)

> On Jul 31, 2026, at 03:10, Tim D=C3=BCsterhus <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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> Hi
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> On 2026-07-31 09:57, Matteo Beccati wrote:
>>> Per my message from a couple of weeks ago =
<https://externals.io/message/131332#131945> I have opened the vote for =
Function Autoloading (mark 5):
>>> - <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/function-autoloading-five-oh>
>>> The vote runs for two weeks and will close automatically at 14:45 =
UTC on Thu 13 Aug 2026.
>>> N.b.: Voters concerned about shadowed global functions should note =
that such cases, while real in principle, are extremely rare in =
practice; those very few cases can be mitigated easily. Cf. =
<https://wiki.php.net/rfc/function-autoloading-five-oh#how_common_is_the_s=
hadow-global_case>.
>> I think this is the best autoloading proposal up to date.
>> Most likely I would have voted yes if the target was 8.7, leaving us =
plenty of time to intervene in case of issues.
>> Perhaps I'm biased as RM, but last minute RFCs are making me nervous, =
I hope you understand.
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> In fact the start of the vote is in violation of our policy, since =
there was no =E2=80=9Cintent to vote=E2=80=9D message in the last 7 =
days.

Ah so -- my apologies. I'll pull the vote and wait for ... looks like ~6 =
weeks?

Again, sorry for the hassle.


-- pmj