At 10:35 7/27/2001, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote the following:
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>> I actually think that turning E_NOTICE on is going to have a huge effect on
>> a mind boggling number of scripts, probably on the same order of magnitude
>> as setting register_globals to off (probably less, but not that much
>> less). I think that unless we explain explicitly and vocally why we're
>> making these changes (register_globals and/or error level), people will
>> just reconfigure php.ini to the old settings - I don't think they'll start
>> running after new E_NOTICE's they suddenly get after upgrading, unless
>> they'd know they have a good reason to.
>
>Baby-steps are needed for changes like this. We can get away with the
>E_NOTICE change I think. The register_globals change is much too drastic
>and it changes the basic nature of the language. There are plenty of
>people using PHP today who have no clue what an array is.
This may be a stupid idea, but...
When the code is ready for 4.0.7, release it as 4.0.7 with the
first step of the changes, whatever it is, AND as 4.1.0 with all
the changes you want.
4.0.8 would turn the screw some more (also released as 4.1.1, no
changes to php.ini required in that "branch").
Finally, when the configurations get in sync, release the code as
4.1.x only.
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And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files
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