RE: PCRE2 support

Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Anatol Belski [mailto:ab@php.net] > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2017 11:59 PM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: PCRE2 support > > Hi, > > I experimented with PCRE2 and created > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/2857 . So far the > implementation covers all > the core functionality depending on libpcre. It adds no new userland features, > only the existing functionality is mapped for now. > The internal API is to the big part compatible, though some changed accordingly > to the new requirements. Some internal refactoring is yet ongoing to have a > cleaner and better tuned patch. > > Perhaps it's time to move to PCRE2, as PCRE is an ancient bugfix only version. If > done, of course it'll create a certain hurdle for non core and older distro > versions, but in return we get a modern API which allows for better > maintanance, security and opens the door for new features. Regarding > performance - from what i could observe PCRE2 is at least not slower. The PR > shows, that PCRE2 can serve same way PCRE does. > > I'd suggest to integrate PCRE2 into 7.3. Will go for an RFC, if necessary. > If there are no other comments on this, I would proceed to the vote sometime soon. Regards Anatol