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   * Date: 2013-08-27   * Date: 2013-08-27
   * Author: Nikita Popov <nikic@php.net>   * Author: Nikita Popov <nikic@php.net>
-  * Status: Under Discussion +  * Status: Implemented in PHP 5.6 ([[https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/0d7a6388663b76ebed6585ac92dfca5ef65fa7af|git:0d7a6388]])
-  * Proposed for: PHP 5.6+
   * Patch: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/421   * Patch: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/421
   * Mailing list discussion: http://markmail.org/message/uhewgv7zaagkgzdv   * Mailing list discussion: http://markmail.org/message/uhewgv7zaagkgzdv
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 ==== Userland ==== ==== Userland ====
  
-This change does not break backwards comparability for userland code.+This change does not break backwards compatibility for userland code.
  
 In particular, this RFC does not propose to deprecate or remove the ''func_get_args()'' family of functions, at least not any time soon. In particular, this RFC does not propose to deprecate or remove the ''func_get_args()'' family of functions, at least not any time soon.
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   * ''params $args''. This is what C# does. This would require making ''params'' a keyword. Furthermore this doesn't have any nice way to declare typehints. In C# this is done using ''params type[] args'', but PHP doesn't have ''type[]'' hints and introducing them only here doesn't seem right.   * ''params $args''. This is what C# does. This would require making ''params'' a keyword. Furthermore this doesn't have any nice way to declare typehints. In C# this is done using ''params type[] args'', but PHP doesn't have ''type[]'' hints and introducing them only here doesn't seem right.
    
-The proposed syntax is also used by Java and will be used in [[http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:rest_parameters|Javascript (ECMAScript Harmony proposal)]].+The proposed syntax is also used by Java and will be used in [[http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:rest_parameters|Javascript (ECMAScript Harmony proposal)]]. Go and C++ also employ a similar syntax.
  
 ===== Patch ===== ===== Patch =====
  
 Patch available in PR#421: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/421 Patch available in PR#421: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/421
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 +===== Vote =====
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 +The vote started on 16.09.2013 and ended on 23.09.2013. There were 36 votes in favor and one against, as such the necessary two-third majority is met and this feature is **accepted**.
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 +<doodle title="Should the proposed variadic-function syntax be added in PHP 5.6 (master)?" auth="nikic" voteType="single" closed="true">
 +   * Yes
 +   * No
 +</doodle>
  
 ===== Argument unpacking ===== ===== Argument unpacking =====
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