Re: [RFC] Replace the flex-based scanner with an re2c [1] based lexer
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:33:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Replace the flex-based scanner with an re2c [1] based lexer | ||
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Hi Stan,
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
> > intl (and related changes) is almost the only why one will upgrade to
> > 5.3.x. There is no core (as in zend engine) for 95% of our users.
Sorry I was not clear. I did not say that there is nothing done.
That's why I said "almost" :)
> From NEWS:
> - Added and improved PHP syntax and semantics:
> . Added NOWDOC. (Gwynne Raskind, Stas, Dmitry)
> . Added "?:" operator. (Marcus)
> . Added support for namespaces. (Dmitry, Stas, Gregory)
> . Added support for Late Static Binding. (Dmitry, Etienne Kneuss)
> . Added support for __callstatic() magic method. (Sara)
> . Added support for dynamic access of static members using
> $foo::myFunc().
> (Etienne Kneuss)
> . Improved checks for callbacks. (Marcus)
> And that's not counting extension stuff. I of course value a lot the
> importance given to intl, but 5.3 IMHO is juicier than just intl :)
Indeed and that's not yet finished :)
But we have to be realistic, namespaces and icu/intl are the really
appealing language features (and long awaited).
--
Pierre
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