[Zeev Suraski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> One comment; Why? :)
>
> We've been in that discussion before. In my opinion, we should
> probably rethink our whole deprecation approach.
> Yes, I know that people don't like the burden of maintaining downwards
> compatibility. I sure as hell don't. But PHP's huge popularity boost
> put the development team in a position where it has *a lot* of
> responsibility; Doing the wrong thing will reflect badly on PHP and
> its acceptance as a stable solution (not segfault wise, but
> development wise).
>
> On the other hand, I really don't like the bloat either.
>
> So, what should be done? In my opinion, the approach of adding
> E_NOTICE notifications to functions doesn't cut it; It won't
> significantly improve the situation. I think we should go in a
> different path (or an 'extended' path) - IMHO, the best approach would
> be adding some sort of a 'LEAN_AND_MEAN' mode to PHP's build. When
> built in this mode, bloat code will be #define'd away, or displayed as
> 'deprecated' in a similar manner to the way warn_not_available works.
> That gives everyone almost everything -
> people who care about the bloat (like me) will build it in
> LEAN_AND_MEAN mode, hosting companies or legacy sites, who care most
> about having their code go on working with minimum hassle - won't mind
> the added bloat. If kept closely documented, people who care enough
> about the bloat will be able to go through the checklist, make sure
> their sites are compatible with it, and turn this mode on.
>
> The only drawback I see to this approach is that the code itself
> remains and 'bloats' the various files. We can probably overcome this
> problem by separating legacy code to separate files.
I second this. Although we do have some minor bloat :) here and
there, I don't think we should go out of our way to break people's
scripts.
- Stig
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Stig Sæther Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway
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