> -----Original Message----- > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:ras...@lerdorf.com] > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:25 PM > To: Andi Gutmans > Cc: Stas Malyshev; internals > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Adding path_len to all stream functions in trunk > > Well, it changes the signature of that function, so while we don't break > backward binary compatibility, we break forward compatibility within the > 5.3 branch. As in, if I change my extension to use this new NoNull string > flag, it > will no longer work on <5.3.3 whereas if I do the > if(strlen(filename) != filename_len) check, this will still work in all > 5.3 releases.
Yes that's correct although I am not sure of chances people would bump into this issue. In any case, I think it's also fine to fix it the way you suggest in 5.3.x and then do it via API in the next minor/major version. Andi -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
