Re: [VOTE] 64 bit platform improvements for string length and integer

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Stephen Zarkos <Stephen.Zarkos@microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi, > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hannes Magnusson [mailto:hannes.magnusson@gmail.com] >> >> - To the casual observer, the performance stats look great! >> ...But they are a lie. It doesn't matter how 5.5+size_t performs since 5.5 >> isn't the target branch. >> Maybe there have been 5.6 specific performance improvements that this >> patch trashes when merged into 5.6? > > The branch/patch for this RFC is based against the master branch right now, and so that's > what was tested against. > Ok. Glad to be wrong. The description should clearly mention that then. And is still wrong, as it compares 5.5.8 against 5.6.0-alpha+size_t then, if I read you correctly? >> - The vote makes it look like its "now or never" (5.6 or nothing) >> This means people don't have to understand the implications. >> All they need to know is "64bit integers in PHP? Ok. That sounds logical, >> I'll >> vote +1". >> Of course people will vote for that. >> When you start thinking (given you have ever created an external PHP >> extension, which minority of our normal voters have) you'll realize how much >> more there is to this. > > Isn't that what the discussion is for? Anyone voting must be following this list, > otherwise how would they even know to vote? > - Following the voting feed - Seeing a voting subject on a mailinglist - Friend of a friend - Twitter - Click a link on the internet - Boredom - IRC - Text message from a friend - Billboard message from that homeless guy on the street light - Peer pressure - expertsexchange - ... Just to name some. I have been following this discussion and just noticed the vote was open because it was being discussed on IRC, not even on #php.pecl. And I didn't know it would be a "5.6 or nothing" - plus 2 other fundamentally wrong votes. I was hoping for yes/no vote - which case I would have voted +1 and we could work on better approach for the extensions in time for the 6.0 release which this clearly is the start of. -Hannes