Re: Using semaphores in PHP.

Zeev Suraski <bourbon@netvision.net.il> writes: > At 12:00 17/11/98 -0800, Jim Winstead wrote: > >On Nov 17, Tom May wrote: > >> At the moment it's set up to recognize --enable-sysvsem as a configure > >> switch. Maybe it should be --with-sysvsem instead. If you enable it, > >> it assumes you've got semget() etc. and if you don't then the build > >> will break but that's operator error. > >> > >> While you all ponder the --enable vs. --with, I'll get the > >> documentation going. > > > >Well, since nobody else has voiced an opinion, I'll cast my vote for > >--enable. > > > >However, I think it would make even more sense to just test for the > >functions and enable it automatically if they exist, just like we do > >for dlopen(), tempnam(), etc. It's not like enabling these functions > >impacts anyone's life in a meaningful way. > > I think it does actually. There's a very limited number of semaphores > available on a given system and that resource may not be something that > system administrator wants the users to share. That was my motivation to > have it selectable. I cast my vote for --enable as well. Then it's unanimous. The semaphore stuff will be committed within the hour and will use --enable. I did the doc but I have no idea whether I did it right because I don't have the sgml tools. Tom. -- 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