Re: Proposal for PHP 7 : case-sensitive symbols

+1 for adding E_DEPRECATED and removing support in PHP 8. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 11:01 PM, F & N Laupretre <nf.laupretre@yahoo.fr> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I don't know if this was discussed before. So, tell me what you think > > before > > I write an RFC. > > > > > > > > I would like to propose that namespaces, functions, and classes become > > case-sensitive (constants are already case-sensitive). Actually, I never > > understood why they are case-insensitive. Even if the performance gain is > > negligible, I think it could be the right time to question this. > > > > > I think that the cost of that BC break is too high, and will only happen in > an alternative implementation (if at all). > Putting that aside, if we want to go down that road, we should first > discourage people from such usage, and as we never did that(no E_STRICT no > E_DEPRECATED) it would be extremely rude to remove support for that in 7.0. > I think that a Pull Request for adding E_STRICT or maybe even E_DEPRECATED > would have a chance of getting voted in but depends on the implementation > and how much overhead would it cost. > > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu > -- Guilherme Blanco MSN: guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com GTalk: guilhermeblanco Toronto - ON/Canada