Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:23677 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 93000 invoked by uid 1010); 26 May 2006 02:09:58 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 92985 invoked from network); 26 May 2006 02:09:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 26 May 2006 02:09:58 -0000 X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: helly@php.net X-Host-Fingerprint: 81.169.182.136 ajaxatwork.net Linux 2.4/2.6 Received: from ([81.169.182.136:33571] helo=strato.aixcept.de) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.0 beta r(6323M)) with SMTP id B3/C7-17316-47366744 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 22:09:57 -0400 Received: from baumbart.mbo (dslb-084-063-046-097.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.63.46.97]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by strato.aixcept.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E2A35C1EB; Fri, 26 May 2006 04:09:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 04:08:01 +0200 Reply-To: Marcus Boerger X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1376291629.20060526040801@marcus-boerger.de> To: Zeev Suraski Cc: Alan Knowles , Christian Schneider , In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060526050422.08680c20@zend.com> References: <138663365.20060514205903@marcus-boerger.de> <038d01c676f8$ab9b3380$6602a8c0@foxbox> <44685D24.2000801@php.net> <1147708994.14148.23.camel@notebook.local> <16710545416.20060515202714@marcus-boerger.de> <1147721541.14148.47.camel@notebook.local> <4468DB43.1020005@emini.dk> <7.0.1.0.2.20060515194051.02b32ef8@zend.com> <1148496966.19173.79.camel@notebook.local> <454303585.20060524213714@marcus-boerger.de> <44765279.8000601@akbkhome.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060526040633.086814a0@zend.com> <4476608C.6070503@akbkhome.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060526050422.08680c20@zend.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] planning future BC Breaks - was Re: [PHP-DEV] fatal static call in php 6.0? From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger) Hello Zeev, actually there is a student working on a pre-processor for his summer of code project. And that will most likely cover versioning, too. best regards marcus Friday, May 26, 2006, 4:06:00 AM, you wrote: > I read it as if it was declare() ;) > I agree with Pierre that the best way to handle BC break is not to > introduce it, but since that's not always 100% possible, this may > make sense. Of course, it'll only work with stuff that is > syntax-compliant with the currently running PHP version, but that > covers most BC breakage. > Zeev > At 04:57 26/05/2006, Alan Knowles wrote: >>actaully it should have been declare() - as I think the syntax for that >>almost works already, but yes, code doesnt get compiled if it's inside a >>block. >> >>Regards >>Alan >> >>Zeev Suraski wrote: >> > At 03:57 26/05/2006, Alan Knowles wrote: >> >> Can we start concentrating on finding a real solution to BC breaks >> >> rather than throwing them out there and everyone complaining? >> >> >> >> define(php5) { >> >> stuff that breaks in php6 >> >> } >> >> define(php6) { >> >> stuff that doesnt work in PHP5 >> >> } >> > >> > What's the semantics of that? The code inside doesn't get executed if >> > it's not the define()'d PHP version? >> > >> > Zeev Best regards, Marcus