Re: [RFC] Replace the flex-based scanner with an re2c [1] based lexer
| From: | Stanislav Malyshev | Date: | Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:56:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Replace the flex-based scanner with an re2c [1] based lexer | ||
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Hi!
interface but that wasn't really a good idea. So I came up with a new interface and all that this would break is stuff like Phar (well there isIf it breaks phar, it may break others too... Anyway, good description of what was changed won't hurt.
Since forever, that's why we have major and minor versions.2. PHP 5.x is same-major branch, where you are not expected to have to change your system in order to upgrade.Oh since when? Where did you read that?
I don't care at all. So far the plan was to bring in ICU and there is noIn PHP 6, not 5.3.
In software there is nothing like 100% Or is everything you work on bug free? Mine isn't. It took me more than two years to make re2c ready for this task (take this in whatever way you feel).I'm not talking about bugs. I'm talking about having compatible engine implementation. Nobody would require 100% bug-free code, it's not realistic. Requirement is that scripts that run on 5.2 would run on 5.3, not counting bugs. I guess you agree having no multibyte support does not really qualifies as "bug" :) So we are talking about if putting it in now might hurt 5.3 release process by postponing it for a long time or not. If not - great.
How so? We don't use git or any other CMS that allows merging at all. ICVS allows merging. I did it a lot of times. Of course, there could be conflicts, but the engine is quite static now, so I don't foresee a lot of them. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ (408)253-8829 MSN: stas@zend.com