RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List

See below: > -----Original Message----- > From: Ilia Alshanetsky [mailto:ilia@prohost.org] > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:08 AM > To: PHP Developers Mailing List > Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List > > > List of Feature Ideas > ---------------------------- > > 1) Backport the namespaces patch for PHP 6 > > 1 0 -1 +1 (pending it's stable and complete). > 2) Symlink the intl extension from PECL, but leave it disabled by > default as is the case with all extensions dependent on external libs > > 1 0 -1 +1 > 3) Apply the Late Static Binding Patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 (We will do some perf tests on Dmitry's latest patch to make sure the impact is minimal). > 4) Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 (depending on tests, perf and maturity we can decide on optional/experimental/etc...) > 5) Implement Sqlite3 support via the ext/sqlite extension (patch is > already available) > > 1 0 -1 0 > 6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes > > 1 0 -1 -1 > 7) Introduce mysqlind library into core and use it as a backend for > PDO and mysqli extensions (possibly enabling them by default) > > 1 0 -1 0 > 8) OpenID enabling patch for OpenSSL and PHP 5 > > 1 0 -1 +1 > 9) Add array_replace[_recursive] functions (patch is already available) > > 1 0 -1 +1 > 10) Split off deprecation from E_STRICT into E_DEPRECATED > > 1 0 -1 +1 > 11) Merge the zend_arg_info const'ify patch > > 1 0 -1 0 > 12) Merge the GCC 4 -fvisibility patch > > 1 0 -1 0 > 13) Switch for disabling/enabling materialized cursors in mysqli > > 1 0 -1 0 > 14) Link phar extension from PECL into core (possibly enabling it by > default) > > 1 0 -1 -1 (I'd prefer a standard format which can be manipulated with standard tools (also some tests we did with TAR format we got much better performance). In general though the use-case should be clear as I don't think Web apps are the real target here)) > 15) Merge Matt's ZEND_SIGNED_MULTIPLY_LONG() optimization patch > > 1 0 -1 +1 > 16) Introduce new php.ini files parser/scanner + CGI/FastCGI? > "htaccess" style ini file support > > 1 0 -1 0 (this can be nice but we need to make sure it's optional because those stat()'s can be very hard on performance which is why many sites turn off .htaccess). > 17) Merge __callStatic patch from PHP 6 > > 1 0 -1 +1 > 18) Introduce concept of "strict classes" that do not permit dynamic > property creation > > 1 0 -1 -1