Re: Concerning Thies's and Sterling's "Hack"
| From: | Sterling Hughes | Date: | Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:48:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Concerning Thies's and Sterling's "Hack" | ||
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> 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.
>
Sascha,
Take a look at the code, the C is fully portable. Computed gotos
are completely #ifdef'd out, meaning that if you don't compile with
gcc we could built it with a switch() loop.
-Sterling
(Not getting into the discussion about inclusion, just pointing it out :)
> - Sascha
>
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