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On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Jani Taskinen wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >I would go for PHP5, however that means Zeev will commit suicide...
>
> Why not jump over numbers 5 & 6 and call it PHP 7 ? :)
> Or do the Microsoft: PHP 2001 (j/k)
>
> >anyway, this way we can also break a lot of other things and make the
> >language clean.
>
> I can't wait.. >:-)
>
> >I'm also in favor of creating a new branch because this way nothing can be
> >messed up on the PHP4 branches and we can do some really experimental
> >things with it too.
>
> If the goal is 4.1, branch should be enough. If PHP 5/6/7, then it
> should be separate cvs module, IMO.
>
> btw. To get rid of some of the unmaintained extensions we should have
> some directory for them? Something like /old /deprecated /unmaintained ?
>
> --Jani
>
>
> >> >patches in sync with the "being cleaned" version. It'll be easier for Zend
> >> >because it is very stable and doesn't change very much.
> >> >Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> >Andi
> >> >
> >> >At 05:27 PM 7/4/2001 +0100, Phil Driscoll wrote:
> >> >>On Wednesday 04 July 2001 17:12, Brian Moon wrote:
> >> >> > FWIW, I am +1 on PHP5. There are a lot of things in the language that
> >> >> need
> >> >> > to be cleaned up. People here more familiar with other closed languages
> >> >> > have gotten confused about things like case, underscores, haystack and
> >> >> > needle, the way some array functions return an array and some modify the
> >> >> > passed array. There is just a lot of stuff like that.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>I'm all for making the radical changes at 5.0, its just that it seems like
> >> >>Zeev is keen on a shortish timeframe for the new engine, whereas I suspect
> >> >>that tidying up the language will take quite a bit longer.
> >> >>
> >> >>FWIW my vote is for us to make a concerted start on tidying the language with
> >> >>a realistic time frame of <guess> 1 year. If the new Zend engine is going to
> >> >>be ready much sooner than that, and it will only affect OO stuff and the
> >> >>business of accessing individual characters in strings, then that change
> >> >>should be to 4.1. If the engine is going to take a year, then we'll have a
> >> >>big pile of stuff to launch as 5.0
> >> >>
> >> >>Cheers
> >> >>--
> >> >>Phil Driscoll
> >> >>
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