Re: Garbage collector patch

Stanislav Malyshev wrote: >> 1. Always compile it in but leave undocumented #ifdefs in place for >> performance freaks. Those same performance freaks aren't going to care >> about the binary compatibility issue since they are the same people who >> build all their own stuff. > > Note that breaking BC is not only about performance - one your build is > not the same as mainstream PHP, you can't use any binary extension which > would do anything non-performance-related - like interfacing some > external system/library, debugging, profiling, testing, security and so on. > Any commercial module won't be available for the user of this switch, > and all open-source modules one'd have to build by oneself, which may be > serious maintenance issue. I know there are a bunch of companies that > compile PHP with their own options but still use commercial modules, > including both performance and non-performance ones. They couldn't use > this compile switch. Yes, I know what binary compatibility means. -Rasmus