Re: cvs: ZendEngine2(PHP_5_3) / Zend.m4 zend.c zend_compile.c zend_globals.h zend_highlight.c zend_language_scanner.c zend_language_scanner.h zend_language_scanner.l zend_language_scanner_defs.h zend_multibyte.h

Hi Pierre,

Thank you for the comment.
I also replied for internals@ to explain the current status.

My implementation of zend multibyte for PHP 5.3 is still in experimental
because I am not re2c/flex expert, but I hope that it is useful for the
PHP users using multibyte encoding.

Rui

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:44:33 +0200
"Pierre Joye" <[email protected]> wrote:

> hi Rui,
> 
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Rui Hirokawa <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> > The tests stuff for zend-multibyte are already existing
> > in Zend/tests/multibyte/*.phpt.
> >
> > In my understanding, the reason of removing zend_multibyte stuff
> > from PHP 5.3 is incompatibility with re2c.
> 
> The reason why multibyte was not tested, implenented or available
> after the re2c move is the complete lack of tests, real examples, etc.
> 
> There was a discussion on internals where many persons ask for real
> use cases of this feature. I don't remember anyone having posted at
> least one use case (last time I check was on Friday).
> 
> If you have other use cases for a couple of charsets, please commit
> them as well. Maybe Scott or Marcus can also point you to to their
> requests or ask for specific cases.
> 
> > Removing multibyte encoding support from PHP 5.3 will cause
> > the severe incompatibility problem with the older PHP 5.x.
> 
> Indeed, and it is one of the last issues we have now for 5.3.
> 
> It would be nice to have a post on internals about this issue and its
> status, to explain the changes or what has to be done(not everyone
> follows the Zend cvs list).
> 
> Thanks for your work :)
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Pierre
> 
> http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org

-- 
Rui Hirokawa <[email protected]>


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