Re: Update on the lexer-no-stdio patch

At 01:36 06/05/2003, Sascha Schumann wrote:

    Hi there,

    the patch[1] which eliminates use of stdio in the script
    lexer has been successfully running on php.net for half a day
    now.

    I'd still love to hear from Win32 experts whether there is a
    specific reason why Win32 could not simply use POSIX IO
    (open(), read()) instead of stdio on that platform.

The problem with POSIX IO under Windows is generally that it's a bit of a 'bastard child'. It works, but it shows some anomalies in certain situations. I *think* that if we limit ourselves to just simple read()'s, we should do fine. The problem start pouring in when you try some more complex stuff like fdopen(), use sockets, etc. You mentioned that URL includes are not working to begin with - did you refer to Solaris specifically or are they broken altogether? If they're broken altogether it sounds like a pretty nasty bug, doesn't it, Jani..? Zeev