> -----Original Message----- > From: p...@golemon.com [mailto:p...@golemon.com] On Behalf Of Sara > Golemon > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2018 1:07 AM > To: Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com> > Cc: PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 8 next? > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Based on some recent conversations, I'm getting the impression that > > after PHP 7.3, we might want to go for PHP 8 next. > > > > I'd like to discuss and possibility decide this now, as that would > > make PHP > > 7.3 the last chance to get in deprecations. > > > Would you mind elaborating on your motivations for a major version bump. I'm > not saying I disagree in principle, I'm just curious what you're seeing the > drivers > as.
This is slightly earlier than I intended to bring it up but I do too think that the next version beyond 7.3 should be 8. I'll send a more detailed letter next week - but in a nutshell, the main drivers I'm seeing are JIT, FFI and possibly doing something in the front of async/long running processes. Of course there may be other ones as well, but I think that these alone constitute sufficient grounds for launching a new major version. Zeev
