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

On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Jakub Zelenka wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Christopher Jones wrote: > > > > > This is because the implementation touches nearly every source file > > > and alters the string length of the most fundamental data object in > > > PHP's implementation (the zval). > > > > I know in the past we have been really reluctant to increase the zval > > change. F.e. with the GC change we added bitfields. I think it might be > > less of an issue now to increase the size, as Dmitry has I think > > improved the allocator quite a bit, but it is by no means something that > > should be glossed over lightly. > > What do you mean by increasing the zval size? I didn't say that ;-) I was merely quoting from history. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine