Re: Bug #14538 Updated: dirname fix broke behaviour that it had since PHP 3
| From: | Daniel Lorch | Date: | Sun, 16 Dec 2001 10:47:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Bug #14538 Updated: dirname fix broke behaviour that it had since PHP 3 | ||
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hi,
> dirname was added to PHP 3.0a3 which was released more than 4 years ago.
> Until a year ago it had a behaviour that Andi thought it was not correct,
> so he fixed it for PHP 4.0.3 eventually breaking the code of people that
> did not realize it then because they don't upgrade PHP on every minor
> release.
> So, the point is that what he thought was just a fix, was rather a behaviour
> change but he really didn't realize it until I reported today.
> 1) Admit that Andi did not make a wise decision then and so avoid any future
> decisions like this.
although I completely agree with you, Manuel, your example somehow
sounds ridiculous. It's like having someone in court room and
" .. ADMIT IT! DID YOU EAT THE CANDY?? .. "
Kind Regads,
Daniel Lorch