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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:37:48 +0200
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To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Function auto-loading
From: peter.e.lind@gmail.com (Peter Lind)

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On 10 August 2016 at 10:51, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> On 09/08/16 06:54, Sara Golemon wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> >> So Composer IS now the rule rather than some optional extra?
> >>
> > Yes, the community has decided that for us.  Or at least, Composer is
> > a *significant* player in the ecosystem of PHP development.
> > require_once() might be fine for NiH applications, but for the
> > collaborative world of modern PHP, it's the defacto standard.
>
> Much as PSR also does.
> This is probably fine if one is starting a project from scratch, but
> with now 15+ years worth of code that does not follow this 'modern
> style' it's another barrier to moving code forward. There is nothing
> wrong with the code other than newer users done approve of the style of
> working :(
>
>
EVERYTHING is a barrier to moving your code forward. You tell the mailing
this on a regular basis.
Perhaps you should just migrate your 15+ year old code already and be done
with it?

Either that or fork PHP and never upgrade again. If you're this unhappy
with any/all changes to PHP, that seems a viable option.

Regards
Peter


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