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I see. This change prompts me as something that could break a lot of code running on web servers where the sysadmin updates to PHP8 assuming it will be backward

I see. This change prompts me as something that could break a lot of code running on web servers where the sysadmin updates to PHP8 assuming it will be backwards compatible. I wonder if they did any code searching to see how widely used such expressions are in the wild.

bavell 6y ago
I don't think anyone reading the migration guide [0] is going to assume their app/lib is backwards compatible without some effort. [0] https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.php https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration80.php
- rovr138 6y ago
  And anyone that knows the basics about semver