Hello Zeev,

  actually there is a student working on a pre-processor for his summer
of code project. And that will most likely cover versioning, too.

best regards
marcus

Friday, May 26, 2006, 4:06:00 AM, you wrote:

> I read it as if it was declare() ;)

> I agree with Pierre that the best way to handle BC break is not to 
> introduce it, but since that's not always 100% possible, this may 
> make sense.  Of course, it'll only work with stuff that is 
> syntax-compliant with the currently running PHP version, but that 
> covers most BC breakage.

> Zeev

> At 04:57 26/05/2006, Alan Knowles wrote:
>>actaully it should have been declare() - as I think the syntax for that
>>almost works already, but yes, code doesnt get compiled if it's inside a
>>block.
>>
>>Regards
>>Alan
>>
>>Zeev Suraski wrote:
>> > At 03:57 26/05/2006, Alan Knowles wrote:
>> >> Can we start concentrating on finding a real solution to BC breaks
>> >> rather than throwing them out there and everyone complaining?
>> >>
>> >> define(php5) {
>> >>   stuff that breaks in php6
>> >> }
>> >> define(php6) {
>> >>    stuff that doesnt work in PHP5
>> >> }
>> >
>> > What's the semantics of that?  The code inside doesn't get executed if
>> > it's not the define()'d PHP version?
>> >
>> > Zeev




Best regards,
 Marcus

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