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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Removal of deprecated features
From: mike@rile.ca ("Mike Robinson")

Hi,

Respectfully, FWIW...

> safe_mode/register_globals/register_long_arrays/magic_quotes_*/allow_ca
> ll_time_pass_reference

+1

> asp_tags
>  - Proposed to be removed aswell, Tony had a patch for this[5].

-1
No way. While I abhor there use, _many_ people do not. 

> sql_safe_mode
>  - Theres currently an RFC in the works about this by Johannes[6].

+1

> session_register/session_is_registered/session_register
>  - Only needed for register_globals, Hannes removed those in PHP6.

+1

> enable_dl
>  - Is this really worth keeping, since dl() was disabled on almost all
> SAPIs except for CLI/CGI/Embed?

+1

> Support for Freetype 1 and GD 1
>  - Removed by Pierre in PHP6

+1
(With my sincere gratitude to Thomas for his work all those years)

> Class named constructors

-1
Not in 5.x - the BC break here is huge.


Best Regards


Mike Robinson