The comparison Tony made was between <=5.X and PHP 6, I do not believe anyone is suggesting to modify the 5.2.x behavior.
Yes, I noticed later it's PHP 6, but it does not change a thing - it's still totally unnecessary BC break for the sake of meaningless purism. It adds nothing to the language or functionality and would break a lot of code. It should be fixed to be compatible with previous versions.
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