Sure: as I said earlier, it was proposed to be included already in 5.2.4, but some people objected as it represented "too much of a language change" which should not happen in minor release. So even though the patch impact was minimal, it was postponed and thus only committed in the 5_3 branch.
Regards On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Nathan Nobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Etienne Kneuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Are you using a custom and outdated build of 5.2.4 ? > > > > $classname::$member was introduced in php5.2.4 but removed > > before the actual release, and is now only present as of PHP5.3. > > > > thanks for your reply. > apparently i am; looking in my portage directory i can see: > > php-5.2.4.ebuild php-5.2.4_pre200708051230-r2.ebuild > and the build i have installed is the latter. > do you know why this was removed prior to 5.3; just curious.. > > -nathan > -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. -- Pascal
