HHVM 3.0.0

Post by Terr_ » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 1:28 AM UTC

dan15 wrote: post #26

Terr_ wrote: post #19

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Quick sidequestion: Does HHVM support the Weakref extension? I ask because while it is not listed on the github wiki[1] but does appear in the manual[2]. I'm assuming the manual is an oversight, branched from PHP's manual and not pruned. That said, weak-references are indispensable for certain problems, and I'd love to see them standard. [1] https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Extensions [2] http://docs.hhvm.com/ma…

If you click on any of the methods in the manual, you'll see "NOT SUPPORTED IN HHVM" in a large font. I'm guessing it's an oversight that that text is missing from the topic index as well.

Oops, I should've dug further.

Post by stephenr » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 10:22 AM UTC

nnq wrote: post #23

stephenr wrote: post #22

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The list of "unsupported" features is attrocious but not suprising. When a language makes dick jokes in syntax, you shouldn't expect much.

==> jokes aside, they are pulling in a very different direction from the one of the core PHP devs... this alone makes me expect less from the entire PHP system as a whole. They just made the PHP equivalent of Perl 6 vs Perl 5. But at least they are using their "Perl 6" and it works fine for them. If we could at least start to see shared hosts offering support for Hack and XHP it would seem more hopeful. (btw, you thi…

> they are pulling in a very different direction from the one of the core PHP devs

when a sole company creates its own modified "version" of an existing language, and that company has a stated motto of "move fast and break things" why would you possibly trust them to maintain any features/compatibility longer than they themselves see a use for it?

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