Re: Re: PHP 5 Beta 2 RC1

From: Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:10:50 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: PHP 5 Beta 2 RC1
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On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 20:36, Steph wrote: > > > This issue is definitely not a reason to stop rolling out RC's nor > betas. > > > Enabling the XML extensions by default is the right decision because > > > this is an important technology which almost every PHP user will > need. > > > I do think it's a good idea though to have a --disable switch that > > > works and disables all of the XML extensions. > > > IMO, we shouldn't have --disable-simplexml and --disable-xml. We > > > should just have the latter and make it disable/enable all the three > > > XML extensions. There is no real reason not to enable them all. The > > > memory consumption is minimal and once one of them is enabled > libXML2 > > > is linked. > > > I don't see any good coming out of reverting back to expat. I think > > > one of the most important "features'" in PHP 5 will be the much > better > > > XML support and this is really something PHP users are looking for. > > > > I asked (and so did someone else) if there is support for XSLT scheme > > handlers in PHP5. Nobody answered. It was possible in PHP4 with > > Sablotron. Now the Sablotron PHP extension is gone. So IMHO a very > > essential XML feature is missing in PHP5. > Would it be possible to peclise it ? > Hear, hear.. to both of you. > > -- > PHP Quality Assurance Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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