Re: cvs: php4 / NEWS

On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Andi Gutmans wrote: > >+- Added the ability to handle user-defined callbacks with cURL, support > >now for > >+ the CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, CURLOPT_PASSWDFUNCTION, > >CURLOPT_READFUNCTION, and > >+ the CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION callbacks. (Sterling) > > Shouldn't those be WRITE_FUNCTION, PASSWD_FUNCTION and so on? It's more > readable. Also I don't think you need to spell out the whole API in the > NEWS. The first part of the sentence is enough :) > > >+- Added the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, CURLOPT_CAINFO, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, > >+ CURLOPT_FILETIME (and therefore CURLINFO_FILETIME), CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, > >+ CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET and CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT options to curl_setopt(). > >+ (Sterling) > > I'd also change the naming convention to be similar as what I mentioned > above and again, you don't have to spell out all new constants :) > Changes applied... > >+- Added support for persistent connections with cURL. (Sterling) > > Just curious. What is a cURL persistent connection? For example a > persistent connection to a URL? Does it Cache the data? > Its a implemented via a connection cache, persistant connection to a url. Its mainly a cURL thing, its a new feature which has cURL re-use connections and sockets to speed things up considerably. All I had to do was add the constants... :) > >+- Fixed a problem in cURL with file descriptors being allocated, but never > >+ closed. (Sterling) > > - Fixed interactive mode (-a). It works again with the same limitations it > > has always had (Andi, Zend Engine) > > - Improved memory manager to use less memory and provide better memory > > overflow > > Next time don't ask us to speak :) > ;)