Re: [VOTE] [RFC] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer

From: Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:46:21 +0000
Subject: Re: [VOTE] [RFC] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> On 14/05/14 09:22, Ferenc Kovacs wrote:
>
>>     Hopefully there is no plan to backport this to the PHP5 builds?
>>
>> both the phpng and the size_t rfcs are targetting the next major
>> version, none of them are accepted yet, both of those would/will be
>> suitable for 'home users'.
>> buth these are all public information, stated in the RFCs and discussed
>> on internals@ which you seems to be subscribed on based on your replies
>> to the list, so I'm not sure where the confusion comes from.
>>
>
> Since original discussions were being targeted against PHP5 picking out
> where discussions have moved on is not easily obvious. I seem to recall
> this was originally targeted against PHP5?
>
> Have we reached a point where PHP5 has been 'frozen' and so PHPNext is the
> more detailed target today?
>
>
I guess you are referring to the previous rfc of the size_t, which was
targetting 5.6 and failed?
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/size_t_and_int64
many of the no voters mentioned that they would support the rfc but not in
a minor version hence the authors accepted and now tried to get in into the
next major, and here we are atm.

-- 
Ferenc Kovács
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu


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