Re: Concerning Thies's and Sterling's "Hack"
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Concerning Thies's and Sterling's "Hack" | ||
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
>
> > It would also have to be a new 4.4 branch as it breaks binary
> > compatibility for extensions.
>
> It is far from being usable in mainstream as it relies on various
> GCC features in many places. Of course, using portable C is
> a requirement for being accepted into the repository. I
> suppose the patch authors are aware of that which is why they
> have not come forward yet.
As long as there are appropriate checks and fallbacks, I see no problem
using compiler-specific hacks. Especially in cases where it would benefit
a large percentage of users.
-Rasmus