FYI, the patch doesn't cause a performance regression. I built on and tested with IIS/Windows. Performance remains the same for Wordpress, Symfony and Joomla. Mediawiki actually increased slightly (5%), so performance is increase/decrease is not an issue here, the language and engine are.
If you're interested, see: http://windows.php.net/downloads/snaps/ostc/pftt/perf/results-20150209-master_rcaf5521-scalar_type_hints_2_strict_mode-8436.html Regards -M On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 10, 2015 1:22 AM, "Lars Strojny" <l...@strojny.net> wrote: > > > > Hi Matteo, > > > > sorry for the late response. > > > > > On 07 Feb 2015, at 12:46, Matteo Beccati <p...@beccati.com> wrote: > > > > > > Maybe it's just me, but I didn't quite understand the point you are > making here. Are you saying that declares are more or less like ini > settings? > > > > Yes, exactly that. The new declare()-statement will fundamentally change > how the engine behaves and one will have two learn more or less two flavors > of PHP. Even worse I am forced to use the PHP flavor the person picked who > changed the declare() statement last. > > No. You are not. > > > cu, > > Lars >