RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist

Duh... "internal functions" is the wrong term, of course. I mean all the functions that ship with PHP. The old ones would still be available, but you could do PHP.String.pos() and stuff like that alternatively. - David > -----Original Message----- > From: David Zülke [mailto:dz@bitxtender.com] > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 8:51 PM > To: 'internals' > Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist > > +1 to all of these. > > I have a #9 to share, too: > Assuming that PHP 6.0 will also have namespaces support (which would be > cool), it might make sense to move all internal functions to use > namespaces > (if they support functions sitting in there - doesn't seem like Jessie's > current patch will, but then, maybe there's a chance). That way, we could > clean up naming inconsistencies (think of all the str* functions), and > maybe > even some of the common annoyances when it comes to parameter order > (haystack, needle vs. needle, haystack) > > Just a thought. > > - David > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@lerdorf.com] > > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 7:48 PM > > To: internals > > Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist > > > > Since we are breaking a lot of stuff in 6.0, at least with > > Unicode_semantics=On I am wondering if it may not be time to break some > > more stuff and do a bit of spring cleaning. It would mean many apps > > would need some work to work on PHP 6, but at the same time I think it > > is work people would welcome since it would mostly involve removing > > hacks instead of adding them. And yes, I know this is pretty > > controversial, so take a few deep breaths before replying, please. > > > > 1. Remove register_globals completely > > > > 2. Remove magic_quotes_* > > > > 3. Add input filter extension which will include a mechanism for > > application developers to very easily turn it off which would swap > > the raw GPC arrays back in case the site had it turned on by default. > > > > 4. Include an opcode cache by default. A lot of work has gone into > > pecl/apc recently, but I am not hung up on which one goes in. > > > > 5. Remove safe_mode and focus on open_basedir > > > > 6. Remove some stuff that has been marked deprecated since PHP 3/4 > > > > A couple of others that we could consider, but I don't actually think > > wins us much apart from academic purity (which I have never been all > > that keen on) are: > > > > 7. Make identifiers case-sensitive > > > > 8. Remove various function aliases > > > > -Rasmus > > > > -- > > 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 >