Zeev Suraski wrote: > At 15:18 20/12/2001, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > >> Nobody should complain about BC changes if changes are notified >> early enough and there is alternative way to do the same thing. >> IMHO. (This has been done for some features such as track vars ;) > > > That's a very impractical statement in my opinion... Breaking > compatibility hurts (almost) regardless of when you announce you're > going to break it. Users would still have to go over their code and fix > it.
I agree with your opinion also. I think compatibility is one of the most important aspect of successful software/hardware. (All of us know how Microsoft and Intel is successful :) > > What I *really* fail to understand is the gain we get by modifying > exit()'s behavior, as opposed to adding a new function or adding a new > $silent argument. Giving a WFF to several people? Consistency with > other languages that have nothing to do with the Web environment (which > is why we got so little complaints about this over *5* years)? That's too bad.... If I (probably, Markus, Derick and Jani also) was using PHP at that time, I would strongly object that... > I see this as very similar to the case sensitivity issue, even though > this is obviously on a much smaller scale. It's possibly a bad decision > that was made 5 years ago, but it was made all the same. Since it does > *not* have far-reaching negative implications, it shouldn't be changed. > > Zeev > I understand your opinion. I'm not strongly againt to have other function for retuning exit status. It is just like <?php= ?> to me. (Better to have one for consistency, but it's not strictly required. It will not be a reason for many bug reports also :) BTW, did you notice my proposal for error level and error message handling? It will break a *LOT* of scripts, but it will give us a *LOT* of benefits/consistency. Parhaps, we should discuss how/when/what breaking compatibility(BC) features should be added/deleted/modified, instead of little spec like exit()? I have sevral proposals that require BC. I suppose many people have them, just like you would like to have case sensitivity for functions :) PS: I *strongly* agree with you to have case sensitivity for function names. -- Yasuo Ohgaki _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
