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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:26:26 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate define_syslog_variables in 5.3
From: mls@pooteeweet.org (Lukas Kahwe Smith)


On 14.10.2008, at 15:03, Markus Fischer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
>> That being said I never used this function or the constants in my  
>> code. So is there anyone that does actually use it and has some  
>> objection?
>
> Me neither, but in such cases it's probably a good idea to take a  
> look at code search machines, e.g.
>
> http://www.google.com/codesearch?as_q=define_syslog_variables&btnG=Search+Code&hl=en&as_lang=php&as_license_restrict=i&as_license=&as_package=&as_filename=&as_case=
>

right .. and the interesting thing there is that most of the code is  
using the constants even though it calls the function to define the  
variables beforehand. the faulty documentation is probably the cause  
of this. so for the most part people will just need to remove the  
function call.

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org