Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors

Hi Pierre! On 17/01/15 08:02, Pierre Joye wrote: > On Jan 17, 2015 5:58 PM, "Tony Marston" <TonyMarston@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> "Stelian Mocanita" wrote in message >> >> news:CAMc0WS5LpdVqF_5P8UiWBzuQc+maX+Shmmi8pZLgGRfOJ7aEmg@mail.gmail.com... >>> >>> >>> Florian Margaine wrote on 16/01/2015 13:01: >>> >>> Hi Stelian, >>>> >>>> >>>> Stelian Mocanita writes: >>>> >>>> Not under active development doesn't mean that the application shouldn't >>>> be able to upgrade PHP and enjoy the bug/security fixes or performance >>>> improvements that new versions provide. >> >> >> I agree. If the core developers want each new release, with its bug fixes >> and security enhancements, to be adopted by the community then they should >> stop breaking BC for no good reason. > > Can wie stop using this argument pls? > > We are talking about something deprecated since 10 years, about the 1st > major release in a decade, something we will use for the next 12-14 years. > > 5.x will be maintained as well for the next 3 years (plus distros LTS). We > do not break BC since quite some time too in minor releases. > > Cheers, > Pierre > Wouldn't be better if we borrow things from Perl? I mean, we have an 'strict mode' (use strict; perhaps) where deprecated things doesn't work at all and they throw exceptions (such as the old PH4 constructors for instance). Cheers, -- César D. Rodas Open Source developer +595-983-161124 PGP: F9ED A265 A3AB C8A1 D145 7368 158A 0336 C707 0AA6

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