ID: 49594
User updated by: jay at phpcourses dot ca
Reported By: jay at phpcourses dot ca
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: all
PHP Version: 5.3.0
New Comment:
nobody answered the original query
WHY stop supporting parts of the api all of a sudden?
it does NO harm leaving it in, as in ZERO
it DOES harm taking it out
Previous Comments:
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[2009-10-01 21:25:03] jay at phpcourses dot ca
i can't
see, "marked for deprecation" is different than "will no longer be
supported in 5.3"
i'm helping php avoid big mistakes
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[2009-10-01 18:08:49] paj...@php.net
Jay, disable E_DEPRECATED and be happy. Now go back to your usual
activities, thanks.
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[2009-10-01 17:48:58] jay at phpcourses dot ca
i need to talk to someone more senior/experienced
i write 5000 - 10000 php scripts a year, most of which use posix regex
and i don't need a junior telling me "we are not forcing you to upgrade
to php 5.3; keep 5.2 forever"
only a newbie would say that
my clients' scripts are on 1000s of servers around the world
php could also remove support for the pow() function, since there are
alternative ways of raising numbers to powers, but like the ereg()
support, they'd f*ck millions of developer worldwide
in short:
keep ereg() == no problems
scrap ereg() == problems
so why scrap API support?
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[2009-10-01 16:24:21] jay at phpcourses dot ca
you are mistaken again
posix regex are ALSO everywhere!
i have written probably 10000 scripts, i won't be updating them to use
your favorite version of regex
you have once again missed the point:
do not throw away support for APIs
YOU keep the regex, and let US choose
that's community-driven, open-source software
trust me on this
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[2009-10-01 15:19:24] bever...@php.net
No, you think it's a mistake. In fact, the PCRE library offers more
features, (mostly) better performance and is used in other programming
languages as well (Java, Javascript, .NET). On top of that, it offers
more consistent syntax.
After all, no one is forcing you to upgrade your PHP version. It will
remain available throughout the 5.x versions. Just don't update to PHP 6
if it really is a problem. Either way, you've got more than enough time
to update any scripts or sites.
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