On 24 Mar 2014, at 19:38, Florian Anderiasch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Another point is that PHP is evolving faster than ever in the past,
> release cycles are actually quite short - how can you "freeze" stuff and
> even begin to commit to a timeframe of even a few months to write down
> this spec. Then who decides what is working as intended and what is a bug?
>
> So yes, I don't think there'd be a lot of objection if someone magically
> delivered parts of a language spec that is accurate to the current
> release (let's say 5.6 for now) - but who will do it? PHP's design has
> always been "fix your own itch, commit it, and as long as it doesn't
> interfer too much, it's good”
PHP 6 is a good opportunity. We’ll have more than the usual year to work on it.
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Andrea Faulds
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