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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Tokyo/Kyoto Cabinet in 5.4
From: foolistbar@googlemail.com (Geoffrey Sneddon)

On 30/09/11 12:37, Hannes Magnusson wrote:
> Tokyo Cabinet support was added to ext/dba "recently".. but Tokyo
> Cabinet is about to die these days, and getting replaced with Kyoto
> Cabinet.
> Shouldn't we drop tokyo cabinet support, before we ever make a stable
> release with it, so we don't have to maintain it?
> Preferably replace it with Kyoto Cabinet support I suppose.

Is it actually dead? [1] still states: "I'll maintain the both of Tokyo 
Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet because their values are different", as well 
as noting that Tokyo Cabinet is quicker in the single-threaded case.

Given that both are maintained, as far as I can tell, as Tokyo Cabinet 
is quicker in the single-threaded case, as most PHP applications are, 
there is no reason to remove it.

All for adding Kyoto Cabinet support, though.

/gsnedders

[1]: http://fallabs.com/kyotocabinet/spex.html