Re: RFC: ext/mysql deprecation

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wendel@oracle.com> wrote: > Am 12.11.2012 15:48, schrieb Antony Dovgal: > > On 2012-11-12 18:15, Adam Harvey wrote: >> >>> I don't think the documentation is necessarily effective here, >>> particularly with functions that users tend to know by heart >>> >> <skip> >> >>> I'm not really convinced the average user ever looks at the manual for >>> things they know, truth be told. >>> >> >> Well, I'd expect people actively developing applications in PHP to use >> the docs from time to time. >> But my concern is for people using legacy apps. >> True, they might not use the docs at all and the only warning they'll >> get when they do >> their usual PHP upgrade is error logs stuffed full of E_DEPRECATED. >> So what is they going to do in that case? Disable the notice, of course. >> > > > Don't bother. There is a standard way of deprecation, at least I assume > there is. Its proven. Use it: docs warnings, E_DEPRECATED, remove. > > Ulf > > Hi, I agree to deprecate/remove on the long run, but I think that we should wait for the next version for doing so. -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu