Re: [DICUSS]Cleanup resource handling APIs
| From: | Michael Wallner | Date: | Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:47:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [DICUSS]Cleanup resource handling APIs | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> On 02 02 2015, at 09:01, Sara Golemon <php@golemon.com> wrote:
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>> On 2 Feb 2015, at 06:43, Xinchen Hui <laruence@php.net> wrote:
>> furthermore, I'd like to discuss remove the handle in zend_resource struct..
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>> it may breaks some usage (use resource as long/double/string
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> I've seen uses in the wild where file handles are used as array keys (yes, I know, ugly
> and wrong).
Yes, I definitely use that a lot and cannot see why this should be wrong.
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> If we were to remove rsrc handle, we should formally deprecate it for at least one minor
> revision first.
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> I'm all for killing it, and I fully support improving the internal API, but the gentler we
> are with BC breaks, the better.