Hello,
On 11/14/06, Antony Dovgal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/14/2006 08:56 PM, Pierre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 11/14/06, Stanislav Malyshev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > The comparison Tony made was between <=5.X and PHP 6, I do not believe
>> > anyone is suggesting to modify the 5.2.x behavior.
>>
>> Yes, I noticed later it's PHP 6, but it does not change a thing - it's
>> still totally unnecessary BC break for the sake of meaningless purism.
>> It adds nothing to the language or functionality and would break a lot
>> of code. It should be fixed to be compatible with previous versions.
>
> I have to agree, it is purely a cosmetic change. "Renaming" the
> argument can make the purists happier.
>
> However, as a counter argument, a quick search in codesearch/koders
> show that very few people rely on this behavior.
I don't think the number of people relying on this behaviour changes the fact
that it's a BC break.
Indeed no, but I only said that the affected users can be small. But I
don't really worry about this issue, if we cannot break such things in
major versions, when can we do it (this one or another)?
For the record, I'm in favour of changing the name of the argument and
restore the old behavior, problem solved.
--Pierre
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