Re: [PHP-DEV] On BC and not being evil (Was: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Integer Semantics)
[email protected] (christopher jones)
| Newsgroups | php.internals |
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| Organization | Oracle Corporation |
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On 8/21/14, 11:09 AM, Levi Morrison wrote: >> Every time we break BC — in either of the ways Derick said — we narrow >> the subset of PHP 5 and PHP 7 that's available to people writing PHP >> code that has to work on both. If we narrow it too far, it'll be too >> unexpressive, or too hard to use, or just plain won't do something >> that they'll need, and PHP 7 will risk becoming this decade's Perl 6: >> the cautionary tale for what happens when you burn all the boats. > > I agree with this idea principle. > > I disagree that these RFCs are breaking so much backwards > compatibility to create the next Perl 6. > Cumulatively they could easily break BC in the way Derick mentioned. BC issues will mount up unless a higher level overview is considered about the release. -- [email protected] http://twitter.com/ghrd Free PHP & Oracle book: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/php/underground-php-oracle-manual-098250.html