RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Deprecate PHP's short open tags V2

> First, short_open_tag is an ini setting that control core language syntax. This means that > their use is not possible in portable code, because the code author does not necessarily have the > necessary control over the configuration of the deployment environment. While this RFC is a much better way of deprecating the feature (looking at the previous votes it most likely will happen), the reasoning/text (main point) is still odd: - if the code author wants a portable code he HAS the necessary control over it and can always follow the coding guidelines and write it using '<?php' - contrary the control/option is taken away from the server administrator (the deployment environment provider) that if there is a project/code that uses short tags there is no way to support that anymore besides altering the code (for what he might not have the necessary control). rr