RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Replace the flex-based scanner with an re2c [1] based lexer

> -----Original Message----- > From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:hannes.magnusson@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:18 AM > To: Stas Malyshev > Cc: Antony Dovgal; Marcus Boerger; Andi Gutmans; > internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Replace the flex-based scanner with an > re2c [1] based lexer > > Improving on that statement: The coolest feature ever is worth > absolutely nothing unless it is documented. > > Don't care if its a new language construct, new class, function or > method, optional parameter, new syntax in php.ini, errorlevel, dropped > warnings or an awesome --enable-zend-multibyte configure switch. If it > isn't documented its totally useless for anyone not reading php-cvs, > zend-engine-cvs and this list daily. > > I'll hunt you all down and make you eat 1kg of vegetables each day > after the 5.3 release untill proper documentation and upgrade guides > have been written. > Mark my words my friends, mark my words! ;) > Why do you say it's not documented? http://www.aconus.com/~oyaji/www/apache_linux_php.htm http://tinyurl.com/2o8pq2 OK just kidding and I agree it would be nice to have it better documented in the mainstream docs. As it applies mostly to the Asian users though (Chinese/Japanese) who usually seek localized docs it's probably not as good as it should be in php.net. Andi