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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List
From: johannes@php.net (Johannes =?iso-8859-1?q?Schl=FCter?=)

Hi Ilia,

On Sunday 09 September 2007 07:07:37 pm Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:

> 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

=46rom what I read that extension offers interesting stuff.
+1

> 3) Apply the Late Static Binding Patch
>
> 1		0		-1

0

> 4) Implement David's Circular Garbage collection patch
>
> 1		0		-1

I can see the need for this but would like to see the impacts first. Theref=
ore=20
+0.5

> 5) Implement Sqlite3 support via the ext/sqlite extension (patch is
> already available)
>
> 1		0		-1

I think this would make sense as long as the patch isn't to messy. (I can't=
=20
remember seeing it)
+/- 0

> 6) Remove safe_mode, register_globals and magic_quotes
>
> 1		0		-1

=2D1

> 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

=46rom what I saw this looks quite good
+1

> 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

I can see some use for these functions but we already have that many array=
=20
functions
0
> 10) Split off deprecation from E_STRICT into E_DEPRECATED
>
> 1		0		-1

0

> 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

0

> 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

the ini parsing is a fundamental part of PHP therefore we should really tes=
t=20
that stuff to catch as many edge-cases as possible but if we test it well:
+1

> 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

0

johannes

=2D-=20
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