Re: [Fwd: Re: [Zend Engine 2] Case sensitivity: Conclusion(?)]
| From: | Jason Greene | Date: | Thu, 07 Feb 2002 00:04:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [Fwd: Re: [Zend Engine 2] Case sensitivity: Conclusion(?)] | ||
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+1 for case sensitivity
On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 15:36, Jani Taskinen wrote:
>
> Many scripts will break anyway if you update to PHP 5..
>
> +1 (still) for case-sensitivity which would make the language
> more conistent. Or if this is ruled out, then let's make all
> variables and constants case-insensitive too. It is so confusing
> for all the newbies when $FOO isn't same as $foo.
>
> --Jani
>
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Sander Steffann wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >IMHO making PHP case sensitive after being case-INsensitive for so many
> >years is a very bad idea. The reasons are already mentioned on the list. For
> >us (ISP in The Netherlands) the most important one is BC. We would not be
> >able to upgrade any of our servers when this would go into PHP5. A lot of
> >our customers use PHP, and I think almost every customer would have scripts
> >that break. (which is not acceptable ofcouse)
> >
> >Please don't do this... (That's a -1 from me)
> >Sander.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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