PHP is all about backwards compatibility. We only break things that need to be broken. The legacy str*/str_*/string_*/array_* functions will still work. On Jul 19, 2012 5:36 PM, "Lester Caine" <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> Pierre Joye wrote: > >> should still work. All the string API methods need to be available on >>> >every pseudo-object regardless of the type. So I don't see any "cleanup" >>> >here either. >>> >> I do, and again this is purely a theoretical discussion right now. >> However I find disturbing the resistance to such a proposal given that >> what I hear from our users is a total support to introduce this >> concept to PHP, even step by step. >> >> So we should better begin to see where are the technical bottlenecks >> and figure out a way to solve them instead of arguing about whether we >> should do it or not. Because we will have to do it, whether we like it >> or not. >> > > So a few people want this therefore we all have to have it? > We need to sort out a list of priorities and then perhaps see if there is > a majority demand for each? > > Since somebody will obviously rewrite key libraries using this 'sexy' > stuff, we are all then forced to have to work with it even if we can ignore > it in our own code. ONE of these days I'd like to get back to putting some > new functions in my own code base. I'm still working on a long list of > 'strict' warnings across several projects and libraries :( Work that I > don't make any money from but am having to do simply to keep things simple > when the NEXT changes happen! > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - > http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=**contact<http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact> > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - > http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.**uk<http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk> > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
