Re: Re: Conflicting function IDs

On Nov 23, 2007 8:09 PM, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Edward Z. Yang wrote: > > > Hannes Magnusson wrote: > >> In PHP6 we have a function (in ext/unicode) named > >> locale_get_default() > >> In PHP5 we have a function (in pecl/intl) also named > >> locale_get_default() (compatibility layer (I guess) for ext/unicode). > > > > Wouldn't that cause problems for people wanting to use intl and PHP6? No. That function only exists in the 5_x branches of pecl/intl, not HEAD/6 I however learned that pecl/intl will probably be bundled with 5_3, so I assume it'll be in HEAD too and ext/unicode removed. > > (or do namespaces also work on built-in functions?) AFAIK it should, yes. But I don't know if anyone has tried yet. > Are there official rules for this topic in pecl+php-src land? No. But there are few street-rules where "stop releasing pecl packages when my extension gets bundled" is at the top *sigh* :) -Hannes