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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist
From: dz@bitxtender.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?David_Z=FClke?=)
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+1 to all of these.

I have a #9 to share, too:
Assuming that PHP 6.0 will also have namespaces support (which would be
cool), it might make sense to move all internal functions to use namespaces
(if they support functions sitting in there - doesn't seem like Jessie's
current patch will, but then, maybe there's a chance). That way, we could
clean up naming inconsistencies (think of all the str* functions), and maybe
even some of the common annoyances when it comes to parameter order
(haystack, needle vs. needle, haystack)

Just a thought.

- David


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@lerdorf.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 7:48 PM
> To: internals
> Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist
> 
> Since we are breaking a lot of stuff in 6.0, at least with
> Unicode_semantics=On I am wondering if it may not be time to break some
> more stuff and do a bit of spring cleaning.  It would mean many apps
> would need some work to work on PHP 6, but at the same time I think it
> is work people would welcome since it would mostly involve removing
> hacks instead of adding them.  And yes, I know this is pretty
> controversial, so take a few deep breaths before replying, please.
> 
> 1. Remove register_globals completely
> 
> 2. Remove magic_quotes_*
> 
> 3. Add input filter extension which will include a mechanism for
>    application developers to very easily turn it off which would swap
>    the raw GPC arrays back in case the site had it turned on by default.
> 
> 4. Include an opcode cache by default.  A lot of work has gone into
>    pecl/apc recently, but I am not hung up on which one goes in.
> 
> 5. Remove safe_mode and focus on open_basedir
> 
> 6. Remove some stuff that has been marked deprecated since PHP 3/4
> 
> A couple of others that we could consider, but I don't actually think
> wins us much apart from academic purity (which I have never been all
> that keen on) are:
> 
> 7. Make identifiers case-sensitive
> 
> 8. Remove various function aliases
> 
> -Rasmus
> 
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