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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors
From: TonyMarston@hotmail.com ("Tony Marston")

"Rowan Collins"  wrote in message news:54BCE8F5.5080407@gmail.com...
>
>Tony Marston wrote on 19/01/2015 10:37:
>> "Rowan Collins"  wrote in message 
>> news:CALKiJKr3os6Ta55RjLq61o1+On-S3j8xFzMhJvqfxOzLZwT+vA@mail.gmail.com...
>>>

<<snip>>

>> But the only benefits with the removal of old features is a smaller code 
>> base for the core developers. The only "benefit" which is experienced in 
>> userland is that applications which have run for over a decade suddenly 
>> stop working.
>>
>
>Ah, so you admit there may be benefits? Again, I do not say that those 
>benefits are definitely enough to justify the change in this case, but they 
>are real, and I would like you to stop dismissing them.

There is a big difference if a BC break which causes a minor benefit to the 
core developers also causes a major headache to the millions of developers 
who are the customers, the people who use the language to develop 
applications. The aim should be to eliminate customer grievances as much as 
possible and not to simply ignore them.

-- 
Tony Marston