Re: 4.1 & Declaration Case Persistance
| From: | Wez Furlong | Date: | Fri, 04 May 2001 19:37:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: 4.1 & Declaration Case Persistance | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.dev |
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On 2001-05-04 20:01:42, "Colin Viebrock" <colin@easyDNS.com> wrote:
> One "problem" with case sensitivity (perhaps) is that it may make some
> scripts non-portable.
>
> Say I develop a super-duper PEAR class using case-sensitive code (cause
> that's what I have on my server). Someone who is running PHP in
> case-insensitive mode will complain when my code says:
> if (get_class($foo)=='Some_Class_Name')) { ...
So why not make it plain that it will only run under PHP 4.1 with
case-sensitivity enabled?
The whole point is that it is a compatibility breaking change, and the case
sensitivity switch is really only there to help migrate "legacy" code.
Just my HO.
--Wez.