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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:56:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Fixing a bug : a personal report
From: adamjonr@gmail.com (Adam Jon Richardson)

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2012/3/20 Fran=E7ois Gannaz <francois.gannaz@gmail.com>

> Hi
>
> I wrote a report of my first dive into php-src in an attempt to fix a bug=
.
>  https://github.com/mytskine/php-src/wiki/bug40531-mbsubstr
> I tried to detail everything as a personal memo, then for a friend of min=
e,
> and now I've put it into a github wiki page.
>
> I wonder if it can be useful to anyone. If you have the time to read it,
> I'm
> very interested in any comments, especially on the technical parts
> (integers,
> null values and zval). Please don't be to harsh if I misunderstood
> something.
>

That's a really nice resource, Fran=E7ois. I can't speak to the technical
accuracy, as I've not developed a PHP extension or worked in the core yet.
However, as someone who will be exploring a few core ideas in the near
future, this is really helpful.

Thanks!

Adam

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