Re: Re: domxml patch from 31 May breaks BC

From: Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 18:55:29 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: domxml patch from 31 May breaks BC
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--- Christian Stocker <chregu@bitflux.ch> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Brad LaFountain wrote: > > > Welp.... It needs to be lowercase so that constructors get called.. The > engine > > currently looks for a function with the lowercase class name if its there > then > > it will call the constructor. > > > > As far as i see it is the class SHOULDN'T have been mixed case because all > of > > php classnames are stored as lowercase. > > > > <? > > $c = new FooBar(); > > echo get_class($c); > > > > class FooBar { } > > ?> > > > > Now as far as BC... I don't know what to say here... ither it breaks it or > we > > can't have the functionality. I think that it was wrong to begin with so it > > isn't breaking BC but fixing a bug that people have relied on. > > > > > > What do others think? > > > if we can't have the functionality without breaking BC, then let's break > BC again :) (but if someone knows a solution, even better :) ) > The fix is quickly done in the php-script, so it's not a real problem. But > I think, it should be at least mentioned in the NEWS-File. Ok... I think it should be in the news file as well. - brad __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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