array kindex overflow issue Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PATCH] Bug #45877: LONG_MAX/MIN array key as string/int

On 19.03.2009, at 20:37, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:

So, what is the final conclusion on this one? Are we at a combination of Matt's and Dmitry's patches here? I think we definitely need to fix this even in the 5.2 branch and get it back to 5.1.x and earlier behavior. I consider it a bug that: $arr[3500000000] = 'blah'; print_r($arr); results in: [-2147483648] => blah if someone has written brand new 5.2-specific code that relies on this weird behavior, then we will just have to bite the bullet and break that code. It is way more likely that people are relying on the earlier behavior and will end up with subtle problems in 5.2. I just had someone at Yahoo get bitten by this when they upgraded from 5.1.x to 5.2.x.

If I understood it properly, the issue Matt/Dmitry are working on is something else. So where do we stand on the issue Rasmus's notes (is there a ticket for this one already)? regards, Lukas Kahwe Smith mls@pooteeweet.org