Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Deprecation of fallback to root scope

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 3:22 AM, Wes <netmo.php@gmail.com> wrote: > No idea, I'm not really sure what's the difference between E_STRICT and > E_DEPRECATED. > Yeah the shim is just a rough POC (completely forgot that define() can > define in namespaces). > Nicolas Grekas on twitter also suggested that we should introduce > function_alias() that works like class_alias(). > With that the shim would be literally a couple of lines long. From our manual: > E_NOTICE : Run-time notices. Indicate that the script encountered something that could indicate > an error, but could also happen in the normal course of running a script. > E_DEPRECATED: Run-time notices. Enable this to receive warnings about code that will not work > in future versions. > E_STRICT: Enable to have PHP suggest changes to your code which will ensure the best > interoperability and forward compatibility of your code. In my opinion we should emit E_STRICT until we know when the feature will be removed. At that point we can promote it to E_DEPRECATED and specifically cite when it will be removed. In any case, E_NOTICE does not seem appropriate.