Re: Question: Should exit() print out the integer exit-status?

Zeev Suraski wrote:

At 15:18 20/12/2001, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:

Nobody should complain about BC changes if changes are notified early enough and there is alternative way to do the same thing. IMHO. (This has been done for some features such as track vars ;)

That's a very impractical statement in my opinion... Breaking compatibility hurts (almost) regardless of when you announce you're going to break it. Users would still have to go over their code and fix it.

I agree with your opinion also. I think compatibility is one of the most important aspect of successful software/hardware. (All of us know how Microsoft and Intel is successful :)

What I *really* fail to understand is the gain we get by modifying exit()'s behavior, as opposed to adding a new function or adding a new $silent argument. Giving a WFF to several people? Consistency with other languages that have nothing to do with the Web environment (which is why we got so little complaints about this over *5* years)?

That's too bad.... If I (probably, Markus, Derick and Jani also) was using PHP at that time, I would strongly object that...

I see this as very similar to the case sensitivity issue, even though this is obviously on a much smaller scale. It's possibly a bad decision that was made 5 years ago, but it was made all the same. Since it does *not* have far-reaching negative implications, it shouldn't be changed. Zeev

I understand your opinion. I'm not strongly againt to have other function for retuning exit status. It is just like <?php= ?> to me. (Better to have one for consistency, but it's not strictly required. It will not be a reason for many bug reports also :) BTW, did you notice my proposal for error level and error message handling? It will break a *LOT* of scripts, but it will give us a *LOT* of benefits/consistency. Parhaps, we should discuss how/when/what breaking compatibility(BC) features should be added/deleted/modified, instead of little spec like exit()? I have sevral proposals that require BC. I suppose many people have them, just like you would like to have case sensitivity for functions :) PS: I *strongly* agree with you to have case sensitivity for function names. -- Yasuo Ohgaki _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com