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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Ilia Alshanetsky 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
> ----------------------------
> 6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes

PHP6 ONLY
Lets not have another round of broken systems when just upgrading a minor version.

> 7) Introduce mysqlind library into core and use it as a backend for PDO 
> and mysqli extensions (possibly enabling them by default)

? - Would they get in the way if you are NOT using PDO or mysqli
Why force us to load something that is not generally used by everyone?

In general PERSONALLY I would rather PHP5.3 was bug fixes rather than 
distracting from getting PHP6 out of the door?

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