Re: Re: Is it true that short_open_tag is deprecated in PHP 6?

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> wrote: > PLEASE, let the dead horse be! >>>> >>> >> Apparently, this horse is not as dead as some would like it to be :) >> > > The horse is not dead or if so then no proper burial service was given. > People are still waiting for the invitations and wanting to hear the eulogy. > > So, instead I'll make the following assumptions and engrave them into this > topics tombstone: > > - short_open_tag is fully alive > - short_open_tag is PHP_INI_SYSTEM|PHP_INI_PERDIR > - all distributed php.ini files disable it (5.3+) > - the default will be enabled, forever, unless #5 is used > - --disable-short-tags will exist, forever > - no new alternative syntax will be implemented, ever > > That's the situation people should understand and since this horse is > considered dead I will: > > - update php.ini ini descriptions to reflect this > - update documentation to reflect this > - mark http://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortags as declined > - point to the declined rfc when people suggest these alternatives > > All discussion is over unless a human knows the above synopsis is false, > because CVS has spoken. RIP. > > apparently somebody else brought up the shortag(specifically the <?= tag) topic again, and I've noticed that you moved the rfc from declined to "In discussion" recently (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortags?do=revisions), so I would like to know that are these rules still hold, or did something happened since this decision? I couldn't find the suggested clarification in the docs either (maybe looked at the wrong place) Tyrael