gen_stub.php: consider dropping support for older PHP ABIs
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#8931 updated the script so that it could generate arg_info for older versions of the PHP ABI. At the time, it supported 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2.
Given that PHP 8.0 has reached EOL, I propose that we drop support for 7.0 or both 7.0 and 8.0, which would allow simplifying the generator script
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Research direction
Start by reading gen_stub.php and the changes from #8931 to identify how PHP 7.0, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 ABI support is handled. Determine whether to remove 7.0, both 7.0 and 8.0, or another obsolete path; done means the selected support is removed and the generator is simpler without breaking the remaining ABI versions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100