Re: __gtype and constants

We all want BC but many of us (me included) would chew our own arms off for Z2 (...well one of them anyway). I have a couple of commercial apps in php-gtk but even given total BC I would rewrite them anyway to take advantage of just PHP5 features let alone Gtk2. Regards, Simon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Mattocks" <scott@crisscott.com> To: "PHP-GTK Dev" <php-gtk-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV] __gtype and constants > Steph wrote: > > 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 think that version 2 needs to take full advantage of all the new > features of PHP 5 and should be considered a whole new language all > together. I think that this probably won't be the only BC break as > things go forward anyway. If it is the only BC break and someone is > that upset about it couldn't they just include a PHP file that defines > all of the 'old' constants in the global namespace? The file could even > be packaged with the distribution just in case someone wants it. > > Scott > > > > I still think this question should go to the vote on php-gtk-general. > > > > - Steph > > -- > PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >