ID:               22047
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Status:           Assigned
+Status:           Wont fix
 Bug Type:         *General Issues
 Operating System: Linux
 PHP Version:      4.3.0
 Assigned To:      derick
 New Comment:

A notice is fine, we're not going to change this as it might break
scripts out there.


Previous Comments:
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[2003-02-04 10:20:52] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Good, thanks.

Let me clarify -

PHP does log a NOTICE such as

[04-Feb-2003 17:18:22] PHP Notice:
  Constant T_LIST already defined
  in x.php on line 3

but this definitely needs to be a WARNING
or even an ERROR.

-Tomas

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[2003-02-04 10:13:58] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

That is a good idea, thought it did that. Assigned.

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[2003-02-04 10:09:56] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hmm.  I'm convinced PHP should at least file a big fat
warning upon any attempted redefinition of a reserved
constant name, instead of ignoring the instruction
entirely.

Identifiers such as T_LIST are very often used in enums.

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[2003-02-04 10:05:43] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The tokenizer extension needs those, and changing it now would be
breaking all scripts that make use of it. So there is little we can do
here...

Derick

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[2003-02-04 10:02:59] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Since 4.3.0, PHP defines constants that are suspiciously
similar to its grammar tokens.  These cannot be redefined
and should clearly be considered namespace pollution.

For instance, the following example:

<?
  echo T_LIST, ", ", T_STRING, "\n";
?>

will output '345, 304'.
Needless to say, this broke one of my PHP creations
horribly. :)


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