PHP Internals News: Episode 36: What didn’t make it into PHP 7.4?
PHP Internals News: Episode 36: What didn’t make it into PHP 7.4?
Thursday, November 21st 2019, 09:36 GMT
London, UK
In this episode of "PHP Internals News" we're looking back at all the RFCs that we discussed on this podcast for PHP 7.4, but did not end up making the cut. In their own words, the RFC authors explain what these features are, with your host interjecting his own comments on the state of affairs.
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Show Notes
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Episode 1: Saner string to number comparisons
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Episode 5: Comprehensions
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Episode 10: LSP and Operator Precedence
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Episode 15: base_convert() Improvements
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Episode 18: Strict Operator Directive
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Episode 21: str_starts_with() and friends
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