Re: PHP 5.1

Y'mean you were just teasing about goto? ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jani Taskinen" <sniper@iki.fi> To: "David Zülke" <dz@bitxtender.com> Cc: <internals@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:11 AM Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.1 > > Yeah, and don't forget goto, <?php=, removing magic_quotes_* and > register_globals, making the language completely case-sensitive, > etc, etc. > > Just guess if any of that list will happen..ever? :) > > --Jani > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, David Zülke wrote: > > > No offense, but before even thinking about operator overloading support, > > really useful and crucial stuff like namespaces or Unicode support should be > > tackled first. > > > > David > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Terje Slettebø [mailto:tslettebo@broadpark.no] > >> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:18 PM > >> To: internals@lists.php.net > >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.1 > >> > >>> From: "Jani Taskinen" <sniper@iki.fi> > >> > >>> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Terje Slettebø wrote: > >>> > >>>> Why would it be ok there, but not in PHP? It also exists in other > >> scripting > >>>> languages, such as Python and Perl. > >>> > >>> PHP is not Perl or Python or <add-your-favorite-language-here>. > >> > >> That's not an argument against operator overloading. The question is why > >> would it not be appropriate for PHP? Dynamic typing has been mentioned, > >> and > >> when I said that it exists in other dynamically typed languages, as well, > >> I > >> get the reply that "PHP is not language xxx". What kind of reply is that?! > >> Ilia Alshanetsky suggested in a posting that the PHP community in general > >> might not be ready for its safe introduction (i.e. they would typically > >> misuse it). I hope it's not the case; after all, it's not such an > >> "advanced" > >> feature, when several mainstream languages has it. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Terje > >> > >> -- > >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php