[TYPO3-dev] Include of plugins changed from 4.1.0 to 4.1.7 ?

[Martin Kutschker]

Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] schrieb:
>>
>> I have had similar issues when upgrading some sites from 4.1.7 which 
>> defined "global" variables which were not accessible anymore from 
>> inside functions. It seems that the scope of inclusion of our plugins 
>> changed somewhere between 4.1.3 and 4.1.6, but I cannot spot the exact 
>> location yet.
> 
> Ok, I isolated the problem part, which was this patch:
> 
> http://forge.typo3.org/repositories/revision/typo3v4-core?rev=3276
> 
> So happens on the upgrade from 4.1.5 to 4.1.6 and probably affect 
> USER_INT plugins only. Is this also your case, Stefan?

Even so I wouldn't change anything in TYPO3. a) better to use $GLOBAL on 
any occasion, don't rely on scoping that is outside of your control and 
b) don't access TYPO3 internals if there is an API for it.

Masi