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Remove array cast workaround from Parsoid
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We added a workaround for a PHP 7.2 GC bug, which has since been fixed upstream in PHP. We should remove the workaround at some point.

Workaround patch was: T228346: PHP 7.2 garbage collector segfault, 34fcb4241aa0f3a010e39d0857b5a6d2569204de.

https://codesearch.wmflabs.org/search/?q=T228346&i=nope&files=&repos=

We could either wait until our min PHP version is bumped to 7.3, or else just ban the affected minor versions of PHP 7.2, the way that T246594: Prevent use of known buggy versions of PHP (that are greater than the minimum supported PHP version) (7.4.0 – 7.4.8, and 7.3.0 - 7.3.18) is handled.

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Change 602489 had a related patch set uploaded (by C. Scott Ananian; owner: C. Scott Ananian):
[mediawiki/services/parsoid@master] Add a reference to T254519 to aid later cleanup

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/602489

Change 602489 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/services/parsoid@master] Add a reference to T254519 to aid later cleanup

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/602489

ssastry moved this task from Needs Triage to Tech Debt / Big changes on the Parsoid board.

Change 973127 had a related patch set uploaded (by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE); author: Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE)):

[mediawiki/services/parsoid@master] Drop obsolete PHP 7.2 "arrayToObject" workaround

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/973127

Change 973127 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/services/parsoid@master] Drop obsolete PHP 7.2 "arrayToObject" workaround

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/973127

Change 973856 had a related patch set uploaded (by C. Scott Ananian; author: C. Scott Ananian):

[mediawiki/vendor@master] Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.19.0-a6

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/973856

Change 973856 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/vendor@master] Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.19.0-a6

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/973856

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