Re: cvs: php4 /ext/standard basic_functions.c incomplete_class.c php_incomplete_class.h var.c /ext/wddx wddx.c
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Mon, 06 Aug 2001 14:42:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: cvs: php4 /ext/standard basic_functions.c incomplete_class.c php_incomplete_class.h var.c /ext/wddx wddx.c | ||
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote:
> By the way, if it's really important, we can look into supporting it. The
> way it was before - it worked in most cases (assuming you never tried to
> use a class before you dl() the corresponding extension), but could result
> in crashes in other cases.
>
> I don't think it's very important, though. dl() should most probably be
> deprecated from the language, as it's not supported in thread safe mode,
> it's slow and insecure. It also creates a host of interesting bugs/buglets
> that are difficult to hunt and fix. Other than that - it's great :)
Deprecate dl()? I think it's one of the most useful functions... :)
-Andrei
* "Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon." -- Alan Perlis *