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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] FFI Improvements: Consistency and soliving some problems
From: Danack@basereality.com (Dan Ackroyd)

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 09:01, Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 22:37, =D0=9A=D0=B8=D1=80=D0=B8=D0=BB=D0=BB =D0=9D=
=D0=B5=D1=81=D0=BC=D0=B5=D1=8F=D0=BD=D0=BE=D0=B2 <nesk@xakep.ru> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to start discussion about the =C2=ABFFI Improvements=C2=BB=
 RFC. At the moment, I do not have the right to create wiki page, so I post=
 it on the github:  https://github.com/SerafimArts/php-rfcs/blob/ffi-improv=
ements/rfcs/0000-ffi-improvements.md
> >
>
> For FFI_LIB, FFI_SCOPE, and FFI_LIB_DIR your proposal sounds sensible.
> It would be really good if someone involved in getting FFI into core
> could comment if there was any specific reason for not doing that
> already.

It's too late for PHP 8.0 but it would still be good to hear from
anyone who knows about the choices made for FFI, so that it can be
improved.

Otherwise should we start considering whether the FFI stuff is an
experiment that is not being supported?

cheers
Dan
Ack