(I'm referring to the streams approach. You seem to be suggesting a PECL extension with a fallback provision. It still sounds like something no one will seriously use because they can't count on it running fast on a given box, although it is a clever workaround.)
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Tom Boutell <t...@punkave.com> wrote: > Wouldn't this be a significant performance hit when multiplied by > every class file in a project? > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney > <weierophin...@php.net> wrote: >> On 2012-04-13, David Muir <davidkm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 13/04/12 14:55, Stas Malyshev wrote: >>> > > If this is a pecl module library developers cannot use it and trust >>> > > that on php 5.n, it just works. That would fork the language in an >>> > > undesirable way. It should be a core feature, no ini flag, no >>> > > sometimes-there module. >>> > PHP 5.n is at least a year away, wide adoption of it - more like 5 years >>> > away. So if you want to write code that would run anywhere (as opposed >>> > on systems you control) you'd have to wait minimum 5 years. Wouldn't it >>> > better to have it earlier? >>> > OTOH, requiring extensions is a common thing for applications, and any >>> > pecl extension is one command away for most setups, or one download away >>> > for others. And can be made work even in 5.2 if desired. >>> >>> Can't it also be handled using streams to inject a leading <?php to the >>> file prior to inclusion? A PECL extension would then just make it run a >>> bit faster. >> >> I made this very suggestion earlier this week (we do this in ZF1 to >> emulate short tag support for those who use them). >> >> -- >> Matthew Weier O'Phinney >> Project Lead | matt...@zend.com >> Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/ >> PGP key: http://framework.zend.com/zf-matthew-pgp-key.asc >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > -- > Tom Boutell > P'unk Avenue > 215 755 1330 > punkave.com > window.punkave.com -- Tom Boutell P'unk Avenue 215 755 1330 punkave.com window.punkave.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
