Stanislav Malyshev wrote: >> The questions here are: >> * will this code break any code running with PHP before that patch? >> * does this code change the language in any way? > > OK, so I think there's a misunderstanding here. What you describing is > exactly my position - enhancements that are a) small and b) > self-contained are OK, others are not OK. This has been the case since > we started the whole format release process thing.
Hmm, would you consider introducing a new function in the *global* namespace to be a self-contained feature? I would not, because the function definition would change the global environment, possibly breaking some code. -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php