RE : [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Starting 5.3

> -----Original Message----- > From: Stanislav Malyshev [mailto:stas@zend.com] > > I guess we are solving the wrong problem. We have: > 1. phar needs script-defined named streams > 2. Named streams are prohibited by some config option > 3. Let's pretend this stream is not actually what it is > 4. Let's create whole new extension for that and put it into main PHP > > I think this process is wrong. If we have problem with names streams > usage in apps, we should seek solutions there, not invent > modules just > to work around the problem we ourselves create. What happens we need > next application using named streams? Another extension into main PHP > source whose purpose is to duplicate PHP code and work around our own > security model? Right. The problem is with the decision of considering every user stream as remote. As with most software, not more than 10% of PHP_Archive needed a C accelerator. And because of this decision, they had to convert everything into a C extension ! Francois