On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Stas Malyshev smalyshev@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi!
PRO. These syntax changes were implemented in PHP at the cost of breaking backward-compatibility, which tells you that people understood their
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Wait, are we talking about the same thing? New array syntax does not break BC. Or you mean that if we use new array syntax, we'd break BC with older PHP versions? I'm not sure I understand your argument here.
I'm also a little puzzled. I thought it was a given we are embracing and modernizing newer PHP versions.
The question as I understood it, is should we touch every piece of our codebase in one big mega patch or update it gradually as and when we visit bits of the codebase (I get the impression the latter isn't happening due to a desire to have mega patches).
-- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@wikimedia.org
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