Re: PHPUnit News

On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 11:00, Tal Peer wrote: > Sebastian Bergmann wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I created a branch "ZEND_ENGINE_2" in the PHPUnit/ directory. > > > > This branch requires, as you already guessed from its name, the Zend > > Engine 2. It will eventually become PHPUnit 1.0, once PHP 5.0.0 is out > > of the door. > > > > Current changes include the use of namespaces, proper pass-by-reference > > and the use of private members. > > > > Next thing on my TODO is proper exception handling for the > > PHPUnit::TestFailure class. > > > > > > > Very cool, > What about making a ZEND_ENGINE_2 branch for the whole pear cvs module? > (and then each maintainer will convert his/her package whenever he/she > likes) In general, I think it is better to try making the code ZE1/2 compatible, and in the cases where this won't work, put just the ZE2-specific code in separate files, and avoid using branches. Having "permanent branches" such as this becomes a really big maintenance headache after some time. - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken, Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway http://pear.php.net/wishlist.php/ssb