Re:PHP 5.3.3 Released
by robryan on Friday July 23, 2010 @04:45AM
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I just mean the little niggling things people complain about like all the functions in the global namespace, inconsistent arguments, inconsistent error handling. I guess though a lot of PHP support comes from the deploy everywhere make minimal changes to old code ideas, so I can see why their quiet happy to not want to break to much old code.
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Re:PHP 5.3.3 Released
by JoachimSchipper on Friday July 23, 2010 @08:24AM
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What would be left would be hardly recognizable as PHP.
Re:PHP 5.3.3 Released
by randallsquared on Friday July 23, 2010 @09:20AM
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I dunno... I think it would be essentially the same for new users (since they have to look up things anyway), and it would certainly feel like PHP...
Actually, I agree. I have often thought there is a space for a revamped PHP, with compatible syntax (because people know it) but with many of the niggles removed and a better core library.
Accessible core libraries that are people are encouraged to use, stuff without a mess of dependencies to. You hardly ever seen introductions to PHP that encourage library use, it's mostly about rolling your own stuff.
Re:PHP 5.3.3 Released
by JoachimSchipper on Saturday July 24, 2010 @08:08AM
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I don't think that is such a great idea - stuff like == vs ===, PHP's class system and PHP's namespaces is all questionable...