RE: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate define_syslog_variables in 5.3

We use syslog a lot. I've always found define_syslog_variables to be pointless and frankly a little bizarre. +1 on this. John. -----Original Message----- From: Lukas Kahwe Smith [mailto:mls@pooteeweet.org] Sent: 14 October 2008 08:42 To: Kalle Sommer Nielsen Cc: PHP Development Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate define_syslog_variables in 5.3 On 14.10.2008, at 04:04, Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote: > Hello internals > > I've been looking at the function define_syslog_variables(), and I'm > unsure if its intentional to keep this old functionality in PHP, > seeing as define_syslog_variables defines a shortcut for each of the > LOG_* constants in the form of $LOG_*. > > Therefore I propose the function is being deprecated in 5.3 and > removed in HEAD. I agree. Fixing your code is easy (just remove the call to define_syslog_variables() and the $ in front of LOG), maintains BC with older PHP releases. On the up side this function could create an insanely hard to debug problem for users, is redundant and was a very bad idea from the start (and the docs seem incorrect too). That being said I never used this function or the constants in my code. So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some objection? regards, Lukas Kahwe Smith mls@pooteeweet.org -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php