RE: [PHP-DEV] Bug #720 Updated: TTF support does not work correctly

> > I tried to deal with this when I initialy added ttf support > to windows, > > but couldn't figure that out at the time. Since php 3.1 > will require > > thread safety, it is unlikely gdlib will be used in windows > beyond 3.0 > > anyway, so I haven't looked into it any further. So, > considering those > > things, should we deal with this, or close this and write it off for > > windows? > > GD is awefully useful and it would be sad to lose it completely in PHP > 3.1. Could we not stick a lock around these functions and > only allow one > thread into them at any one time? I thought about it, but that would probably kill it's usefulness anyway, unless we saved each gdlib global into a php global between functions. Even then, I think there would be significant performance loss. The only thing that will realy fix it in a useful way is to make gdlib thread safe. Eventualy, if someone else doesn't get to it, I might. The real problem, is that this is going to affect a lot of libraries. The imap library is another one that will be a problem, then of course my dreaded msql libraries. Shane -- PHP Development Mailing List http://www.php.net/ To unsubscribe send an empty message to php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For help: php-dev-help@lists.php.net