On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Sascha Schumann wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > It would also have to be a new 4.4 branch as it breaks binary > > compatibility for extensions. > > It is far from being usable in mainstream as it relies on various > GCC features in many places. Of course, using portable C is > a requirement for being accepted into the repository. I > suppose the patch authors are aware of that which is why they > have not come forward yet.
As long as there are appropriate checks and fallbacks, I see no problem using compiler-specific hacks. Especially in cases where it would benefit a large percentage of users. -Rasmus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
