I guess it just seems a little odd too me that PCRE is optional and POSIX is
not. I know the history and all.
Brian Moon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brian Moon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] removing ereg functions
> > No, sorry, I think you misunderstood my question. I would just like to
see
> > a --disable-ereg option for configure. I would never dream of removing
ereg
> > from PHP as a supported function set. It would break Phorum and lots of
> > stuff I have written.
>
> I just don't see the point in this. There are other functions like
> split() that rely on the ereg code, and since removing the code isn't
> actually going to save you anything as the library is non-optional in
> Apache, removing the hooks from PHP makes no sense. I don't think
> disabling functions in PHP is a good way to enforce coding conventions.
>
> -Rasmus
>
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