RFC: Undefined Variable Error Promotion

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9.0
Undefined variables are those that have not yet been initialised with a value prior to being read. Accessing an undefined variable currently emits an E_WARNING ...

Promote Undefined Variables to Throw an Error

Overall Results

Yes
No
Yes
33 Votes (80%)
No
8 Votes (20%)

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Voting Breakdown

Main reason for voting against if you did?

Overall Results

Using undefined variables is a legitimate coding style
Backwards compatibility breaks
Would be in favour, but not in 9.0
Something else
Using undefined variables is a legitimate coding style
0 Votes (0%)
Backwards compatibility breaks
7 Votes (58%)
Would be in favour, but not in 9.0
0 Votes (0%)
Something else
5 Votes (42%)

Voting Timeline

Dates based on UTC

Voting Breakdown

Using undefined variables is a legitimate coding style

0 Votes (0%)

Backwards compatibility breaks

7 Votes (58%)

Would be in favour, but not in 9.0

0 Votes (0%)

Something else

5 Votes (42%)