2015-02-17 15:06 GMT+03:00 Leigh <lei...@gmail.com>: > Does the AST provided by the internal parser provide all of the > information required to be able to turn it back into source code? > > Yes, this should be possible, via zend_emit_op*() and zend_compile*()
2015-02-17 15:06 GMT+03:00 Leigh <lei...@gmail.com>: > Re: Extending the parser from PHP userland. > > This I don't like so much. > > To be honest I hoped this would be an API to extend the parser from > PHP extensions :) I think letting userland fiddle directly with the > compilation process is just asking for trouble. > Expected reaction ) However, it would be nice to have such API on userland too (on engine level this can be a hook too). This will give an instrument for building custom things on user side, but will keep PHP engine clear from a lot of stuff, which can be implemented by users. Nice example is Design-By-Contract validation, it can be easily done via parser hooks.
