Re: ZEND_ENGINE_4

We don't need ZEND_ENGINE_4 for PHP 8.*. PHP 8.0 didn't introduce revolutionary engine changes (like PHP 7 and PHP 5 did), and we won't introduce big engine changes in minor releases. Thanks. Dmitry. On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 11:44 AM Remi Collet <remi@php.net> wrote: > Le 26/11/2020 à 03:41, Sara Golemon a écrit : > > Maybe just a wee bit late to ask this question, but shouldn't we have > long > > since changed #define ZEND_ENGINE_3 to > > #degine ZEND_ENGINE_4 ? > > From a quick search I see some usage of ZEND_ENGINE_3 > (eg, imagick and gmagick ext, probably others) > > > Was that deliberate since (unlike with 4->5 and 5->7) the engine's API > > surface area hasn't skewed so bad? > > Indeed, > > This is mostly used to test for PHP 5 vs 7/8 API > > > > > I ask because ZEND_VERSION did get updated to the 4.x.x series. > > IMHO, we should keep ZEND_ENGINE_3 to not break things so late > and encourage dev to not use it anymore > > And drop it in 8.1 (without ZEND_ENGINE_4) > > Remi > > > > > -Sara > > > > > P.S. https://github.com/Imagick/imagick/pull/363 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php > >