Why? He said that the design principle of this method is in line with the rest of PHP, that's a correct and valid observation.
It's funny. PHP gets a bashing for the rotten bits .. when the rottern bits get patched up it gets a bashing for breaking BC.
Anyway, I don't think you understand just how empty that attack was. Frankly it was nothing more than the ramblings of an obviously very inexperienced developer.
If you had read the diff you would realize they did not.