Re: PHP 5 Beta 2 RC1

> > This issue is definitely not a reason to stop rolling out RC's nor betas. > > Enabling the XML extensions by default is the right decision because > > this is an important technology which almost every PHP user will need. > > I do think it's a good idea though to have a --disable switch that > > works and disables all of the XML extensions. > > IMO, we shouldn't have --disable-simplexml and --disable-xml. We > > should just have the latter and make it disable/enable all the three > > XML extensions. There is no real reason not to enable them all. The > > memory consumption is minimal and once one of them is enabled libXML2 > > is linked. > > I don't see any good coming out of reverting back to expat. I think > > one of the most important "features'" in PHP 5 will be the much better > > XML support and this is really something PHP users are looking for. > > I asked (and so did someone else) if there is support for XSLT scheme > handlers in PHP5. Nobody answered. It was possible in PHP4 with > Sablotron. Now the Sablotron PHP extension is gone. So IMHO a very > essential XML feature is missing in PHP5. Hear, hear.. to both of you.