[pmwiki-devel] PHP updates, breaking changes, ...

[John Rankin]

> I don't think the current code changes warrant a bump in version number.
>
> What "breaking changes" are needed/desired?

using preg_replace_callback with an anonymous function (closure), which
requires php 5.3 or above, instead of preg_replace with an /e modifier
>
> I tend to not want to abandon older versions of PHP before there's
> a compelling reason to do so.

for me, this is a compelling reason that reduces effort, but it can be a
recipe-specific dependency
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Pm
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 04:02:20PM +1300, Simon wrote:
>> I wonder if its time to have a discussion about the impact of the PHP
>> 5.5
>> changes on PmWiki, specifically:
>>
>> Should this be considered an opportunity to consider this a significant
>> upgrade of PmWiki - i.e. to version 3,
>> thus allowing some breaking changes,
>> and to restrict the effort to provide backward compatibility by not
>> supporting earlier version of PHP (actual version to be decided).
>>
>> Simon

JR
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John Rankin