Re: PHP True Async RFC

From: Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:16:14 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP True Async RFC
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>  This also seems like a very bad idea: there is no reason for the
language hide concurrency behind an INI or even worse a compilation flag.
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This is not because someone wants it that way. This situation is solely due
to the fact that the Scheduler contradicts of Fiber.

   - The Scheduler expects to switch contexts as it sees fit.
   - Fiber expects context switching to occur only between the Fiber-parent
   and its child.

Of course, the switching mechanism can be modified, and the logic of the
main context can also be changed. The problem is that, at a logical level,
these two approaches are mutually exclusive.

For example, the Swow project introduced a separate coroutine library
(libcat) and abandoned Fiber. But we cannot do the same.

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Ed.


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