Hi,
> I'm proposing to introduce the < and > modifiers,
> following Perl's
> lead. This would then allow to deprecate e, E, g, and G in a future
> version and if / when that happens, PHP would be in sync with Perl
> again. I'm not proposing that the deprecation should happen at the same
> time, because folks should have at least one PHP version to migrate
> where the new logic is available, but the old is not yet deprecated.
That would be an interesting addition. Given that only those 4 have
diverged from Perl, that could be great to sync them again. Let's wait
for other inputs to see if someone agrees with the idea before
potentially revamping the RFC. I personally like it.
— Alexandre Daubois