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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Comparable interface
From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes")

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:26:17 +0100, Johannes Schl=C3=BCter  =

<johannes@schlueters.de> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 16:08 +0200, Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote:
>> I think its a great addition, but I think the interface should be
>> defined within ZE like the other base interfaces that interact
>> directly with the language syntax (like Iterator) and not in SPL.
>
> s/should/has to/
>
> The engine shall not depend on anthing in PHP. In theory you should be=

> able to do cd Zend && ./buildconf && ./configure && make to built a
> PHP-less engine (needs TSRM somewhere though).
>

Right. Saying this is the way the Countable interface is implemented lik=
e  =

is said in the RFC is not really a valid argument, since the engine know=
s  =

nothing about that interface, only the "count" function (which is in the=
  =

standard extension) does.

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Gustavo Lopes