Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:86014 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 59648 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2015 10:13:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Apr 2015 10:13:11 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=francois@php.net; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=francois@php.net; spf=unknown; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: unknown (pb1.pair.com: domain php.net does not designate 212.27.42.2 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: francois@php.net X-Host-Fingerprint: 212.27.42.2 smtp2-g21.free.fr Received: from [212.27.42.2] ([212.27.42.2:57316] helo=smtp2-g21.free.fr) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id AF/F1-38700-5BEA0455 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:13:11 -0400 Received: from moorea (unknown [82.240.16.115]) by smtp2-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A08C4B0116; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:12:46 +0200 (CEST) Reply-To: To: "'Kalle Sommer Nielsen'" , "'Internals'" References: In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 12:13:03 +0200 Message-ID: <00a601d08265$14af3980$3e0dac80$@php.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQGGnW30YMqEaeZUAEQW3oNhISUKxJ33jRVg Content-Language: fr X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 150429-0, 29/04/2015), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Remove old PHP6 forward compatibility From: francois@php.net (=?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Laupretre?=) > De : kalle.php@gmail.com [mailto:kalle.php@gmail.com] De la part de = Kalle > Sommer Nielsen >=20 > Back when PHP6 was actually a thing, we added the 'b' string literal > prefix and the (binary) cast to be forward compatible with PHP6, > however since the entire unicode strings part were dropped, these are > no longer needed. >=20 > I think its safe to remove these 2, and take it as a lession learned, > to safely and selectively added forward compatibile features. I am not sure this should be removed. Unicode is a real subject and the = PHP 6 failure doesn't prove we won't have to address it again in the = future. The (binary) syntax is probably not perfect but maybe we'll be = glad to have it someday. And I don't think it does much bad to anybody. = So, I'd prefer to keep it. Anyway, it is a little late to propose a new BC break for 7.0. Regards Fran=C3=A7ois