Re[2]: [PHP-DEV] short_open_tag

Hello Dan, DH> Your missing the point of my suggestion. Im not suggesting we switch it DH> off by default, Im suggesting we *remove* the feature. Very good. Why not to change to "<script language="php">...</script>" then? DH> As the XML community expands and more and more scripting languages (server DH> and client side) are being designed to interoperate, cross-language DH> compatability (or at least handling) is required. XML|PHP community imho much less than PHP-community, that uses <? ?> syntax. As I already said, there is hundreds to thank you and thousands to hate you for this *harmful* modification. DH> The short tag <? is bad form, and shows lazyness. <?php fits the standard, DH> and its my recommendation that (in version 5 of the product) the sort tag DH> option is removed. No, you just missing something important. When you want to remove or change something by default - this shows: a. you're lazy to change it locally OR b. you're lazy to find good hosting where you can change php.ini. (nothing personal) DH> Yes - this will break *alot* of sloppy scripts (including scripts taking DH> the short cut <?= instead of <?php echo). However, a very simple DH> sh/sed/awk script could be written that scans a directory tree and DH> converts all .php files to .php5 files. Yep, it's rather easy to write such script. But it's not easy to change millions of already working php-scripts. DH> Note: this script could also check for other cross version problems that DH> may arrise. We can *aviod* such kind of problems by leaving this option in present state. DH> My *key* point is that come the upgrade jump from v4 to v5 people will DH> *expect* major differences - otherwise it would just be another step in DH> the v4 tree. Yes, I agree, v5 gives *possibility* to provide major differences. BUT: 1. Removing (and even disabling by default) short tags is not necessary for all PHP-community. 2. Possibilty to provide chages is not necessity to provide them. There are a lot of more important things. Thank you for your attention =) Antony Dovgal aka tony2001 mailto:tony2001@ua.fm http://phpclub.net