On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Anatol Belski <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/size_t_and_int64
>
> There was two big questions regarding the compatibility. Those open
> questions appeared in the discussions are reflected in the reworked RFC.
>
> First question, the possibility to keep the old zend_parse_parameters()
> specs 'l', 'L', 's', 'p' along with new 'i',
> 'I', 'S', 'P'. Keeping the
> old zpp specs will for sure minimize the porting effort for the PECL
> extensions, but might lead to confusion (like people might think 'l' still
> expects 'long' and not 'php_int_t'). Please use the yes/no Vote 3 to
> decide whether the 'l', 'L', 's', 'p' have to stay
> supported.
>
> Second question, the macro renames for LONG<>INT, STRLEN<>STRSIZE, etc.
> The reason for such renamings was to ensure source level incompatibility
> on compile time. However this might have a negative effect on the porting
> effort (despite the porting tools). Please use the yes/no Vote 2 to decide
> whether the old macro names have to be kept.
>
> The Vote 1 is the main vote for this patch. The both Votes 2 and 3 are
> merely to decide about the semantical replacements choosen for the patch.
> Should the Votes 2 and 3 result in reverting of that semantical changes,
> the essential patch part about the 64 bit support will not be hurt.
> Reverting to old macro names or zpp specs is only the naming issue.
>
> Removal of the dead SAPIs is isolated in a separate RFC and can be
> considered to another time.
>
> Thanks for the constructive discussions on this RFC, support and testing.
> The vote begins Monday, 27 January 2014, 21:30 CET and ends Monday, 03
> February 2014, 21:30 CET.
>
Just to clarify my vote: I voted "No" on the RFC, but only because I think
the major extension source API break is better suited to PHP 6 than PHP
5.6. I fully support merging this into master, as the first change for PHP
6.
Nikita