Re: Comments on bugs marked bogus

Hi, Justin Patrin wrote:

If a comment is made on a bug flagged bogus, do the developers get a message? I added a comment to bug http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=3197 but I am not sure if anyone will see it. Do I need to re-open the bug first?

Yes, they should see the message even if the bug us set bogus. It simply sounds like the maintainer doesn't want to make the change although he gives no real reasons for it. I've added a comment fo my own as well.

The maintainer has his reasons. __autoload() from his point of view is bad voodoo very much like the infamous "magic quotes". It also shouldn't be probably triggered by using is_a() function which is deprecated (!) in PHP5. So if someone is bent on using __autoload() Black Magick he should take necessary precautions. Like only __autoload() his own classes and not touch PEAR's *at all* (none of them requires __autoload()!). If someone is too lazy to properly code his functions and understand the consequences, I have *no* sympathy for them.