Hi!

> If this is a pecl module library developers cannot use it and trust
> that on php 5.n, it just works. That would fork the language in an
> undesirable way. It should be a core feature, no ini flag, no
> sometimes-there module.

PHP 5.n is at least a year away, wide adoption of it - more like 5 years
away. So if you want to write code that would run anywhere (as opposed
on systems you control) you'd have to wait minimum 5 years. Wouldn't it
better to have it earlier?
OTOH, requiring extensions is a common thing for applications, and any
pecl extension is one command away for most setups, or one download away
for others. And can be made work even in 5.2 if desired.
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Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
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