Re: some thoughts about php 6

2014-01-30 Martin Keckeis <martin.keckeis1@gmail.com> > Like Robin Speekenbrink already written from the view of the userland > > > As to give my personal list of priorities for the language as a whole: > > - really make the new(er) features shine vs the old and gray > > + 1 changes > - consistent 64 bit support (hopefully already 5.6) > - constistent Multibyte support > - string/array/scalar OOP style (like suggested from Pierre in his first > post with BC compability) > - everything which improves performance > > -1 changes > - rename functions names > Just because I had this in mind for days now, but didn't know, if that comes up already, or if it is just a stupid idea: Wouldn't it be possible, that somebody maintains a PECL-extension (or even userland), that keeps the compatibility to pre-PHP6 function names and parameter order? So the core could become "clean" of inconsistencies, but legacy code should still work. > - reorder function parameters > - case sensitivity > -- github.com/KingCrunch