Marcus Boerger wrote:
php 4 code is wrong in this and we don't want to support the errors forever.
Programming is like sex: One mistake and you have to maintain it for the rest of your life (-:C
Sometimes I wish I would have insisted more in Nov. 1999 when I brought up the reference vs. cloning issue for PHP4 beta. Oh well...
Anyway, if you break compatibility with PHP4 you risk that _fewer_ people migrate to it, not more. Lots of PHP4 code is out there and easy migration is key. That's why I'd advocate an E_STRICT plus disallow it in PHP7 (or PHP8 ;-)).
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