Explicitly bidirectional pattern synonyms for 7.8.3?

Hi, I've spent the last couple evenings implementing explicitly-bidirectional pattern synonyms, partly while waiting for someone to help out with #9023. Explicitly-bidirectional pattern synonyms are described in #8581. My question is: now that I have this mostly working, is this something that could be added to 7.8.3, or is this too much of a new feature for a point release? I'd like to know because then I can prioritize finishing the work (it still needs some tests added and also someone to review the changes). Thanks, Gergo