[TYPO3-core] RFC: #12518: Reports module doesn't support EXT: syntax

[Martin Kutschker]

Francois Suter schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>> because it forces autoloading. In my case i run in the issue #12519
>> IMHO the EXT:... syntax is used at several places in core and should
>> be supported.
> 
> What's wrong with that? The issue you mention is a bug which should be
> solved. It shouldn't prevent using autoloading.
> 
> The Scheduler and the Reports module are completely new modules and I
> think it is right that they use only new paradigms. I find it extremely
> convenient to be able to use autoloading and not have to care for
> syntaxes like EXT:...

But this means that old extensions wishing to make use of the reports module must be changed to work
together with the autoloader. Is there anything that could prevent an extension to make such a change?

Masi