Re: Nowdocs revised
| From: | Pierre | Date: | Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:59:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Nowdocs revised | ||
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On 8/17/07, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote:
> > True, but the result is the same. The new functions/classes can't be
> > used (only some rare additions can be efficiently emulated in user
> > land).
>
> Yes, but you still have option of working around it. Right now we don't
> have an option to work around new syntax. I hate to rain on your parade,
> because I think this functionality is good and would have a lot of good
> uses, but I'm worried about creating code that runs in one 5.x and can't
> be even compiled by another. There can be a lot of problems with
> external tools, too.
I agree about codes not running in the same "bug fixes" branch.
However I don't see a problem to introduce this patch in 5.3.0 (think
about "b" introduced in 5.2.x).
--Pierre