The default value for short_open_tags was flipped a while back. Might I suggest you read the changelog next time you upgrade to a newer version - it tells you important stuff like that.
The problem people will have is having to go through ALL the PHP5 changes when converting from PHP4.
Why is that a problem? I would have thought that that is automatic. Surely you're not suggesting that people are upgrading from PHP4 to PHP5 without exhaustive testing?
That particular one adds a lot of
characters to files on some PHP4 upgrades, where there are lots of <? ?> - so switching it is the quicker fix.
^ on ?
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