Re: FW: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 /ext/midgard .cvsignore ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile.in access.c article.c attachment.c calendar.c config.m4 element.c
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| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:33:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: FW: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 /ext/midgard .cvsignore ChangeLog INSTALL Makefile.in access.c article.c attachment.c calendar.c config.m4 element.c event.c eventmember.c file.c fudge genen |
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> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 12:14:34PM -0800, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> > I was surprised by the size myself. I met with the Midgard folks in
> > Belgium and we discussed adding an extension to PHP to allow Midgard users
> > to use the standard PHP distribution. I did not realize this "extension"
> > to allow this would be so large.
> This is because extension itself includes bindings to Midgard's functions
> coded using Zend API because it is much more efficient than to have
> two-layered API. Eventually, amount of code there will be moved into core
> Midgard library as soon as support for another extension (perl or python) will
> started (expected later this year).
Perhaps we need to wait until that happens then. And in the meantime
distribute the midgard as a phpize'able standalone extension.
-Rasmus