Re: Feature(let) idea

Windows Explorer on WinXP does a fine job for me displaying binary version numbers, pulling up dll properties of .so files, etc. Not sure which issue you are seeing? Andi Gutmans wrote: > Damn, I think you are right :) > That's weird. There are some tools which only work with the .dll > filename (i.e. Windows Explorer). > > Maybe my idea is better then :) > Andi > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:wrowe@rowe-clan.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:53 PM >> To: Andi Gutmans >> Cc: internals@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Feature(let) idea >> >> Andi Gutmans wrote: >>> I got a feature idea from Apache. Apache will automatically >> translate >>> mod_rewrite.so in LoadModule to mod_rewrite.dll on Windows. >> It does? Apache/Win32 actually names the '.dll' as >> mod_rewrite.so on windows. There's nothing special about the >> '.dll' filename extension, a similar example is the .cpl >> control panel extensions, which are .dll's that are loaded >> into the system settings schema, .scr for screensaver dll's >> following that API, etc. >> >> In general, it's a good idea. My builds of php on win32 >> *are* entirely in the unix-style, for my customers who need >> to toggle between win32 and unix. It makes the documentation >> much simpler when you don't need two entirely different sets. >> >> Bill >> > >