On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM Ilija Tovilo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Daniel > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM Daniel Scherzer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'd like to start the discussion for a new RFC about removing the > prohibition on __debugInfo() methods on enums. > > > > * RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/debugable-enums > > * Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/21425 > > The RFC currently only mentions: > > > var_dump(Foo::Bar); // produces an array with "Bar is a case of the Foo > enum" > > But it would be good for it to spell out the full output for the > examples. > Done, examples now show the full output > From the implementation, I can see: > > > object(Foo)#%d (1) { > > [0]=> > > string(14) "Foo::Bar = Baz" > > } > > I think the enum(Foo::Bar) header should be preserved. If the user > wants to print some ancillary data for some reason, I wouldn't object > to that. > Done, the header is now preserved. I also removed the object handler identifier, which I don't think is as needed with enums. Based on my understanding of the RFC policy ( https://github.com/php/policies/blob/main/feature-proposals.rst), this qualifies as a major change, so there is now a cooldown period of 14 days before the earliest that a vote could start. -Daniel
