[PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-QA] Re: ; arg seperator

[Hartmut Holzgraefe]

Joey Smith wrote:
> 
> Just wanted to toss in my .02 here...
> 
> Anyone who wrote scripts in the past expecting: foo.php?a=1;2;3 to get
> "$a=1;2;3" was relying on a bug, or at the very LEAST an undocumented
> feature. So if it goes away, it goes away. It should never have worked
> to begin with, IMHO...
> 
> This doesn't mean it won't bite some people, but that's never been a
> problem before in cases of undocumented features.

and as long as it can be switched back to old behavior 
via an ini parameter it should be ok IMHO 

yes, it *will* break some scripts and people *will* complain
but as long as it is documented in NEWS it isn't our fault

lets follow the "break it hard, break it early" rule here ...



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