Re: E_STRICT

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Michael Walter wrote: >> Spotting a missing function is quite easy, your script simply >> won't work and give a clear error.. :) >Well, not exactly :) It might just not work anymore at some time in the >future (as you know you never really have 100% code coverage, even with >unit testing and stuff. it's way less than 100%, actually ). > >I don't understand why you can't simply have a special DEPRECATELOG (or >just entries in the CHANGELOG) which mention which functions have been >deprecated due to which reasons, and which talks about possible >"fixes"/replacements, tho- a simple (and hypothetical) example: > >[PHP 4.3.5] > >- strlen(): removed, as it would be redundant now that count() is > polymorphic. > >So, when upgrading, you just go through the new entries, and grep your >source files for occurences - no big deal. > >Where's the missing point? ;) Err..we already do this in the NEWS.. (the opposite shows quite well in HEAD, for new functions) --Jani