Re: Compatibility problems with PHP 5

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Andi Gutmans wrote: > At 02:37 PM 12/1/2003 -0500, Daniel Convissor wrote: > >On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 01:10:25AM +0200, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > > The strict was introduced so that we can add warnings about practices we > > > recommend and deprecated behavior. > > > I think "var" belongs there. > > > We could remove E_STRICT from E_ALL (although that'd be a bit hacky) and > > > save ppl the trouble of seeing these warnings. > > > >Again, turning off E_STRICT stops people from seeing major deprication > >issues. Declaring a class variable via "var" vs "public" is not a > >major > >deprication problem at this point in time. > > > >E_STRICT is creating a major problem. Pepole who provide classes for > >public consumption -- and there are a lot of us out here -- would be > >forced to maintain/distribute two branches of code: one using var for PHP > >4 users, one using strict for PHP 5 users. > > > >All I can say is "PLEASE don't make this scenario come true." > > I don't quite understand the problem. E_STRICT was only meant for people > who really want to be pedantic. I think we can make it not part of E_ALL. > Is that OK? SOunds good to me, -Wall with gcc doesn't show all errors either... I feel it's very close to this. Derick