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

The differences between GTK1 and GTK2 is big enough to justify incompatibilities. On top of that we have a new, or at least improved, object model in PHP5 so most sripts would bennefit from a rewrite. Users are free to stay with php4+gtk1 or update to php5+gtk2 when it's released. - Frank > 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 > > -- > PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >