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rfc:fibers [2021/03/08 19:06] – fix typo kelunikrfc:fibers [2021/03/08 19:17] – Voting! trowski
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   * Date: 2021-03-08   * Date: 2021-03-08
   * Authors: Aaron Piotrowski <trowski@php.net>, Niklas Keller <kelunik@php.net>   * Authors: Aaron Piotrowski <trowski@php.net>, Niklas Keller <kelunik@php.net>
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Voting
   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/fibers   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/fibers
  
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   * Adding exception classes ''FiberError'' and ''FiberExit'' to represent errors.   * Adding exception classes ''FiberError'' and ''FiberExit'' to represent errors.
  
-Fibers allow for transparent non-blocking I/O implementations of existing interfaces (such as PSR-7, Doctine ORM, etc.). They reduce the need for generics, because return values can use proper types directly instead of placeholder values.+Fibers allow for transparent non-blocking I/O implementations of existing interfaces (such as PSR-7, Doctine ORM, etc.). This is because the placeholder (promise) object is eliminated. Functions instead can declare the I/O result type instead of a placeholder object which cannot specify a resolution type because PHP does not support generics.
  
 ==== Fibers ==== ==== Fibers ====
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 As noted in [[#why_add_this_to_php_core|“Why add this to PHP core?”]], extensions that profile code, create backtraces, provide execution times, etc. will need to be updated to account for switching between fibers to provide correct data. As noted in [[#why_add_this_to_php_core|“Why add this to PHP core?”]], extensions that profile code, create backtraces, provide execution times, etc. will need to be updated to account for switching between fibers to provide correct data.
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 +===== Vote =====
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 +Voting started on 2021-03-08 and will run through 2021-03-22. 2/3 required to accept.
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 +<doodle title="Add Fibers to PHP?" auth="trowski" voteType="single" closed="false">
 +   * Yes
 +   * No
 +</doodle>
  
 ===== References ===== ===== References =====
rfc/fibers.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/12 21:30 by kelunik

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