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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 13:59:39 -0400
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To: "Ilia Alshanetsky" <ilia@prohost.org>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List
From: davidc@php.net ("David Coallier")

On 9/9/07, Ilia Alshanetsky <ilia@prohost.org> wrote:
> Its been about a week since RFS for features to go into 5.3 has gone
> out and while there was not a "flood" of ideas there is a substantial
> list of key changes people would like to go into this release. I've
> compiled a list of all of the suggestions I've received, they are
> listed below in a form that will hopefully make it easy for people to
> vote their yeys and nays. My hope that we can reach an agreement
> within 1-2 weeks so 5.3 can be branched and work on it can begin.
>
> List of Feature Ideas
> ----------------------------
>
> 1) Backport the namespaces patch for PHP 6
>
> 1               0               -1

1

>
> 2) Symlink the intl extension from PECL, but leave it disabled by
> default as is the case with all extensions dependent on external libs
>
> 1               0               -1

0

>
> 3) Apply the Late Static Binding Patch
>
> 1               0               -1

1

>
> 4) Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch
>
> 1               0               -1

-1

This is a big change and would probably have to be in PHP6 unless it's
extensively tested on production environment. If it's the case, then
I'm all up for it.

>
> 5) Implement Sqlite3 support via the ext/sqlite extension (patch is
> already available)
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes
>
> 1               0               -1

-1

I am scared of the HUGE BC break this is gonna be causing. I really do
hate those parameters and make all my customers not use it, however,
some people still sadly use it.

>
> 7) Introduce mysqlind library into core and use it as a backend for
> PDO and mysqli extensions (possibly enabling them by default)
>
> 1               0               -1

1
Not by default, --enable-mysqlnd

>
> 8) OpenID enabling patch for OpenSSL and PHP 5
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 9) Add array_replace[_recursive] functions (patch is already available)
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 10) Split off deprecation from E_STRICT into E_DEPRECATED
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1 YES!

> 11) Merge the zend_arg_info const'ify patch
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 12) Merge the GCC 4 -fvisibility patch
>
> 1               0               -1
>

0

> 13) Switch for disabling/enabling materialized cursors in mysqli
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 14) Link phar extension from PECL into core (possibly enabling it by
> default)
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 15) Merge Matt's ZEND_SIGNED_MULTIPLY_LONG() optimization patch
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 16) Introduce new php.ini files parser/scanner + CGI/FastCGI?
> "htaccess" style ini file support
>
> 1               0               -1
>

0

> 17) Merge __callStatic patch from PHP 6
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> 18) Introduce concept of "strict classes" that do not permit dynamic
> property creation
>
> 1               0               -1
>

1

> Ilia Alshanetsky
>
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