hi Patrick, On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Patrick ALLAERT <patrickalla...@php.net> wrote:
> On one side there's a clear BC break which, according to the related > RFC, is to be considered as a blocker, on the other one, a strong and > valid argument regarding spreading additional server variables. > I'm not sure being late in the release process is truely a valid > argument for accepting a BC break. > Can't we make some compromise here like making all date/time > classes/functions work uniformly with ints and floats? > Working with date/time features based on $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] is > certainly not something fancy! I tend to agree with you here, making date works smoothly with both would be the best way. However it requires more changes and work (and more risks) that simply add a new server variable. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php