Hannes Magnusson wrote:
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 8:14 PM, David Soria Parra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hannes Magnusson wrote:
>>> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 7:15 PM, David Soria Parra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> dsp             Sun May 18 17:15:08 2008 UTC
>>>>
>>>>  Modified files:
>>>>    /php-src/ext/mcrypt mcrypt.c
>>>>    /php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests   mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt
>>>>  Log:
>>>>  MFB: Make mcrypt_enc_self_test() return value compatible with 
>>>> documentation and mcrypt_module_self_test()
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c?r1=1.109&r2=1.110&diff_format=u
>>>> Index: php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c
>>>> diff -u php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:1.109 php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:1.110
>>>> --- php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c:1.109   Mon Dec 31 07:12:11 2007
>>>> +++ php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c Sun May 18 17:15:08 2008
>>>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>>>>    |          Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                    |
>>>>    +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
>>>>  */
>>>> -/* $Id: mcrypt.c,v 1.109 2007/12/31 07:12:11 sebastian Exp $ */
>>>> +/* $Id: mcrypt.c,v 1.110 2008/05/18 17:15:08 dsp Exp $ */
>>>>
>>>>  #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
>>>>  #include "config.h"
>>>> @@ -476,7 +476,12 @@
>>>>  PHP_FUNCTION(mcrypt_enc_self_test)
>>>>  {
>>>>        MCRYPT_GET_TD_ARG
>>>> -       RETURN_LONG(mcrypt_enc_self_test(pm->td));
>>>> +
>>>> +       if (mcrypt_enc_self_test(pm->td) == 0) {
>>>> +               RETURN_TRUE;
>>>> +       } else {
>>>> +               RETURN_FALSE;
>>>> +       }
>>>>  }
>>>>  /* }}} */
>>>>
>>>> http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests/mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&diff_format=u
>>>> Index: php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests/mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt
>>>> diff -u php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests/mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt:1.1 
>>>> php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests/mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt:1.2
>>>> --- php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests/mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt:1.1      Sat May 17 
>>>> 23:27:42 2008
>>>> +++ php-src/ext/mcrypt/tests/mcrypt_enc_self_test.phpt  Sun May 18 
>>>> 17:15:08 2008
>>>> @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
>>>>  $td = mcrypt_module_open(MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256, '', MCRYPT_MODE_CBC, '');
>>>>  var_dump(mcrypt_enc_self_test($td));
>>>>  --EXPECT--
>>>> -int(0)
>>>> \ No newline at end of file
>>>> +bool(true)
>>> This is a massive BC break...
>>> Imagine people who did if (mcrypt_enc_self_test($td) == 0) { ... }
>>> that has now changed from dealing with success to failure.
>>>
>>> I'd say rather fix the docs
>>>
>>> -Hannes
>> Yes I noticed that, that's why its not in 5.2. I think it's kind of 
>> "cleaning up" as
>> mcrypt_module_self_test return a boolean too and the docs say it too. Maybe 
>> it's just in my opinion
>> that the function itself is not that often used as it would be real issue, 
>> but if people have
>> objections for sure we can revert that.
> 
> The point is this is a very subtle change and not something people
> will suspect when their applications stop working out of the blue,
> without so much as a single warning.
> A function rename would be obvious as it would give a fatal error, but
> this is a return value change from false to true...
> 
> IMO this should be reverted and the docs fixed.
> 
reverted.

> -Hannes


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