I don't really understand how removing a deprecated function
would hurt anyone..doesn't all people test their scripts before
putting new PHP version into production?
You seem to be forgetting that the people in charge of the PHP installation and the ones doing the scripts aren't always the same. Take ISPs for example. Breaking code which is only included under special circumstances is not something an ISP admin is looking forward to, he'd rather stick to an old (but proven) PHP major version to avoid customer calls on Monday morning.
(Sidenote: I prefer to require all and every code of my application in one central location to not fall into that trap. That's why I consider __autoload harmful)
- Chris
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