Le jeudi 10 mars 2016, 10:28:58 Tony Marston a écrit :
> It is perfectly legitimate to question the competence, professionalism, and 
> intelligence of any individual (or group) who seeks to break BC for NO GOOD 
> REASON other than personal preference.

> I don't mind a language that evolves with the addition of new features 
> provided that I am not forced to use them. What I, and huge numbers of other 
> developers, *DO* mind is to have code which worked perfectly with the 
> previous version suddenly break with the new version FOR NO GOOD REASON.

> "Improving" the language should NOT involve rewriting it to conform to 
> today's fashion or fad. Introducing BC breaks for NO GOOD REASON should be 
> outlawed.

> This is why I fully expect the take-up of PHP 7 to be 
> very slow. Take up would be much faster if only you un-clever not-first-rate 
> meddlers would stop breaking the language for NO GOOD REASON.

Oh, it’s okay then, because we want to remove the var keyword FOR A GOOD 
REASON, so we should be fine.

Note that I’m not sure who this «we» is, I’m using «we» because you said «you», 
but I had nothing to do with PHP7 BC breaks. (Which are mostly a good think, 
BTW)

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