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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Fwd: Re: dl() problem
From: paj@pearfr.org (Pierre-Alain Joye)

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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:07:16 +0200
Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote:

> Pierre,
> 
> Just to add to this, the fact that it's deprecated doesn't mean you
> can't use it.
> It just means that there are known bugs which won't be fixed and the 
> function won't be maintained.
> We've been through this a few times in the past few years and the 
> conclusion has always been that dl() sucks.

Well, php dl sucks? Why it sux for php and not for other langages? (not
kidding here :) ).

I feel this problem in the same way as the auto* tools. Each time
someone came in and say: "got errors using version x", "we" answer
please use the(damn old) version 2.x or whatever. As most of other
applications use recent auto* tools without problem.

If we have to deprecate dl, then we have to provide an alternative (aka
python import for instance).

pierre