Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:26672 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 46009 invoked by uid 1010); 20 Nov 2006 19:02:46 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 45993 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2006 19:02:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Nov 2006 19:02:46 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=ceo@l-i-e.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=ceo@l-i-e.com; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain l-i-e.com from 67.139.134.202 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ceo@l-i-e.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 67.139.134.202 o2.hostbaby.com FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) (2) Received: from [67.139.134.202] ([67.139.134.202:1704] helo=o2.hostbaby.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id FD/51-33211-3DBF1654 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:02:44 -0500 Received: (qmail 47116 invoked by uid 98); 20 Nov 2006 19:02:43 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 by o2.hostbaby.com (envelope-from , uid 1013) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/2205. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.762109 secs); 20 Nov 2006 19:02:43 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: ceo@l-i-e.com via o2.hostbaby.com X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.762109 secs) Received: from unknown (HELO l-i-e.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Nov 2006 19:02:42 -0000 Received: from 208.195.234.246 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ceo@l-i-e.com) by www.l-i-e.com with HTTP; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:02:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <42044.208.195.234.246.1164049362.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <455B8175.4090300@php.net> References: <455B8175.4090300@php.net> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:02:42 -0600 (CST) To: "Sara Golemon" Cc: internals@lists.php.net Reply-To: ceo@l-i-e.com User-Agent: Hostbaby Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Binary strings from 6 in 5.2? From: ceo@l-i-e.com ("Richard Lynch") On Wed, November 15, 2006 3:07 pm, Sara Golemon wrote: > I agree with you 100%. You didn't read the patch. > > This isn't introducing a BC break, it's lessening the severity of one > that already exists. > > And yes, I /can/ guarantee that it won't break existing scripts. Excellent! Now it just needs a ton of documentation at the 5.y point where it goes in to explain how this feature that one generally associates with the 6.x series works in 5.y but not in 5.(y-1) and we're all set... Otherwise, we have to spend all our time answering questions about why this script with the new stuff only sometimes works in PHP 5... I think it's a great idea to provide the migration facility, but it's GOT to be documented in big bold letters at whatever version it goes "in" to avoid massive amounts of questions. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?