CI 1.7: Will automatic short tags be deprecated?

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
Sarre it depends on the rewrite_short_tags setting. If it's set to true all files will be checked for short tags. loader class snippet :

Code:

if ((bool) @ini_get('short_open_tag') === FALSE AND config_item('rewrite_short_tags') == TRUE)
        {
            echo eval('?>'.preg_replace("/;*\s*\?>/", "; ?>", str_replace('<?=', '<?php echo ', file_get_contents($_ci_path))));
        }

I have no figures on the performance hit but if the setting is false the file just gets included.