Re: Difference between smart_str and smart_string
| From: | Sara Golemon | Date: | Fri, 26 Jan 2018 04:35:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Difference between smart_str and smart_string | ||
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 10:50 PM, Ryan McCullagh <me@ryanmccullagh.com> wrote:
> I have been browsing php-src and notice smart_string, and smart_str, each with their header
> files. Why is there two seemingly identical structures with the same name?
>
smart_string targets a raw char* buffer, smart_str targets a
refcountable zend_string*.
You'll almost always want the latter, except when you don't.
-Sara