Scanner to be based on re2c

Hello Internals, as of today PHP 5.3 uses a scanner based on re2c >= 0.13.3 (latest dev version) instead of the outdated flex version we required so far. This in particular means: a) You need to get re2c 0.13.3 - when working on the language/ini scanner b) You no longer need flex to build PHP 5.3 c) HEAD does not yet use re2c, this will be done withint the next days d) ATM --enable-zend-multibyte is not supported - We will add the functionality without the need for the switch within the next weeks e) You need to run ./buildconf next time you do a cvs checkout of PHP_5_3 In case you are interested at a full patch: http://php.net/~helly/php-re2c-5.3-20080316.diff.txt In case you like to get more involved: http://blog.somabo.de/2008/02/php-on-re2c.html Care to help? Write tests that use --enable-zend-multibyte or define how multibyte support should work. Best regards, Marcus, Scott, Nuno