On 02/03/2013 02:27 PM, Karoly Negyesi wrote: > Hm, there is a slight miscommunication which is my fault. > > I do not suggest a PHP engine being compatible with 5 and 6, gosh, no. > > I suggest a PHP engine compatible with 5.3 and 5.4. Is that a > maintenance mess too? The difference should be a lot, lot smaller. > > And yes, interaction is a problem and again I'd be glad to discuss on > how to behave for those.
It doesn't matter which versions you are talking about. Any sort of multiple-personality support would turn into a complete maintenance nightmare. We try to move things along at a responsible pace in the direction that we want things to go. Sometimes that involves some pain. And yes, sometimes we don't always realize that there is code out there relying certain things. Like the fact that Drupal relied on array_diff_asccoc() comparing array(1,2,3) to "Array" and saying those were equivalent without any sort of notice. -Rasmus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
