Re: pecl.php.net vs. pecl-5.2-dev (zip)

Hi, On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Terra Frost <terrafrost@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a little confused about PECL. > <http://pecl.php.net/package/big_int> > is hosted on pecl.php.net, making me think it's a part of PECL, but I > don't see it < >http://snaps.php.net/win32/pecl5.2-win32-200805132030.zip>. > > Mind you, I think, given the existence of the bcmath and gmp extensions, > big_int is a somewhat pointless PECL extension, but I'm still curious as > to why it's not included in pecl-5.2-dev (zip)? First, it is not pointless as it is faster than the two other (for integers only obviously). About the extension not being in pecl zip, it is because it is not in our CVS. This problem should be fixed soon (the lack of DLLs). Cheers, -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org