Re: removing ereg functions

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 ------------------------------------------ dealnews.com, Inc. Makers of dealnews & dealmac http://dealnews.com/ | http://dealmac.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> To: "Brian Moon" <brianm@dealnews.com> Cc: <php-dev@lists.php.net> 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 > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >