Hello Lester, we have the same problem for functions since years, why is there suddenly such a big problem with classes now? All new php/pecl classes will follow one of the following rules: - Prefix with the extension name - Postfix with "Iterator" - Postfix with "Exception" that seems the same amount of protection as prefix functions with extension name plus underscore. I don't see any problem since the above rule is in place.
best regards marcus Sunday, November 5, 2006, 6:09:54 PM, you wrote: > ( This should have been to the pigging list !!!! sorry Ilia ) > Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: >>>> You can use old PHP too, or modify the source code, it is "open >>>> source" after-all. >>> >>> Come on, that can't be the solution. Think about hosting companies for >>> example. >> >> They as a rule use old versions, in fact I bet you'd be hard pressed to >> find a big or even a medium size hosting company offering PHP 5.2 just >> now. So you have plenty of time to fix your code. > The main problem here Ilia is that people HAVE to fix their code JUST IN > CASE the host updates. Some people will not even know they have a > problem because they are using a third party application and then they > will not know how to fix it IF their host updates. > Since it would seem that most hosts have not even switched to PHP5 > anyway, this is probably all academic anyway, but we have been here > before, with versions of PHP released that broke a large number of > applications and it got to the state that host WOULD NOT update in case > it broke something. > DateTime is just another example of the fact that PHP has no management > of conventions and these get changed version to version. We NEED a > mechanism to pinch back common function names that does not break > existing applications simply because the vast number of users have no > knowledge that there is a problem! > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - > http://home.lsces.co.uk/ModelEngineersDigitalWorkshop/ > Treasurer - Firebird Foundation Inc. - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php Best regards, Marcus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
