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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:29:28 +0300
To: "Steph Fox" <steph@zend.com>
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	"Elizabeth Smith" <emsmith@elizabethmariesmith.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC Making compiler info accessible
From: indeyets@gmail.com ("Alexey Zakhlestin")

I think it's a good idea and would be useful in unix-world too (we
have a hell-lot of compilers and versions these days)

On 11/16/07, Steph Fox <steph@zend.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is just a suggestion at this stage, I'd like to test the waters with it
> before writing a patch.
>
> Apropos the VS discussion, I was thinking about suffixing the PHP version
> number in these 'beta builds', to help with the ensuing QA logistics, and
> then it struck me that it might be useful for _everybody_ to have compiler
> info (make/version) as part of the string returned from php -v, probably
> alongside the build date. We could then sanely ask for that information as
> part of PHP bug reports.
>
> The MS compiler version is transparently available to the source code, so it
> wouldn't be difficult to make the information available in the resulting PHP
> binary. (It's also available to our MS build system[*].) I know rather less
> about the situation with compilers on other platforms though...?
>
> Comments? Particularly, does anyone actually use php -v output in their
> scripting in a way that would make this a bad idea all round?
>
> - Steph
>
> [*] The build system currently appears to be using that info for BC
> workarounds, among other things. Elizabeth, if you're reading this please be
> aware that it needs a little investigation.
>
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