On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Pierre Joye <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> Some comments about the future ideas:
>
> . replace the memory manager
>
> If you are working on it now, please do it in public so other can
> contribute and ensure that it will work on all supported platforms and
> SAPIs. Debugging a huge patch is much harder and time consuming than
> constantly improving something.
>
I sent xx_malloc prototype on December (nobody was really interested).
I didn't make any related work (just tested that it works with refactored
php and gives some improvement).
I don't plan to work on it in nearest weeks, because MM changes must be
completely transparent for extensions and I like to think about the parts
that might affect others first.
> - refactoring zpp
>
> this idea fits very well with what we need for the 64 bit branch as
> well. Some coop are necessary here as well.
>
I think it's unrelated to 64 bit. Just an API designed without performance
in mind. :(
Thanks. Dmitry.
>
> - jsond
>
> Unless there are some very bad BC breaks, I would really like to see
> it merged in master very soon. This is the best way to get it stable
> and tested.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Pierre
>
> @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org
>