RE: [PHP-GTK-DEV] __gtype and constants

Andrei, rewriting from scratch only involves breakage in this particular area if you want that to happen. It's a difficult one, because it will kill a lot of old scripts dead - but then again, it will make the new version prettier and easier to use. I think we're all fairly together on the idea that PHP-GTK 2 is likely to be more popular than PHP-GTK 1 ever was, for many reasons. The question is about the amount of loyalty you need to have to the existing user base, and about their interests - will they be ok to call this a whole new language and learn the new ways, or are they all desperate for an easy upgrade? I still think this question should go to the vote on php-gtk-general. - Steph > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrei Zmievski [mailto:andrei@gravitonic.com] > Sent: 14 August 2004 22:24 > To: Steph > Cc: Alan Knowles; PHP-GTK Dev > Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV] __gtype and constants > > > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Steph wrote: > > Another thought struck (as they do) - presumably the gtype > thing won't break > > PHP-GTK BC in itself (because the 'nice' ways of getting type > etc won't be > > changed), but changing the namespace for class constants will - > won't it? > > Yes. It will. Rewriting from scratch often involves breakage. > > -Andrei > > "Perl - the only language that looks the same > before and after RSA encryption." -Keith Bostic