wp-cli/wp-cli — pull request #437 by scribu (2013-05-08 11:10:18+00:00)
Title: Use Boris to power `wp shell`

The [Boris](https://github.com/d11wtq/boris/) REPL seemed to be abandoned at some point, but now it looks like it's being actively maintained. Using it to power `wp shell` would bring several desirable traits:

* multiline support: #316
* resilience against syntax errors: #292

The only drawback is that Boris relies on several PHP extensions: https://github.com/d11wtq/boris/blob/master/composer.json#L5-7

Ideally, we'd let Composer check those dependencies and if they're not met, we would fall back to the existing implementation.