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 ?? ??? 2004, PHP 5 Release Candidate 1
+- Compatibility mode directive has been renamed to zend.ze2_compatibility_mode,
+  as it doesn't only affect implicit cloning. (Andi, Zeev)
+- Methods that override parent methods are now subject to prototype checking,
+  and have to be compatible with the method they're overriding - this check
+  is disabled in compatibility mode. (Andi, Zeev)
 - Fixed problem preventing startup errors from being displayed. (Marcus)
 - Fixed start-up problem if both SPL and SimpleXML were enabled. The double
   initialization of apache 1.3 was causing problems here. (Marcus, Derick)