Re: [PHP4BETA] cvs: /php4 php.h /php4/ext/standard basic_functions.c basic_functions.h php3_string.h string.c /php4/tests testarray

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > Andi Gutmans wrote: > > andi Mon Sep 20 12:56:03 1999 EDT > > > > Modified files: > > /php4 php.h > > /php4/ext/standard basic_functions.c basic_functions.h > > php3_string.h string.c > > /php4/tests testarray > > Log: > > - Internal functions which are basic language functions should be in Zend > > and not in PHP. I.e. strlen(), each(), error_reporting(), count(), > > get_class_name(). > > Why? First of all, now you have PHP_FUNCTION(..) in Zend and that's not > really fitting. > Secondly, I don't think it's a good idea to move some functions to Zend just > like that. Where do you draw the line? I think all PHP callable functions > should stay in PHP source tree. While it may be difficult to draw the line, there are some functions which obviously belong in Zend. For example, the two functions I added today, to obtain the the number of arguments and a certain argument, definitely belong in PHP and not Zend. Basic functions, such as strlen(), and basic array manipulation functions such as count() and each(), also belong in Zend, since you would need them in any program that embeds Zend, be it PHP or MySQL. Error reporting level, which is something that's built into the scripting engine, should also be controllable from Zend, whether this is PHP or some other program. Zeev -- ----------------------------------------------------- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il