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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:09:27 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Remove generated lexers from git?
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Xinchen Hui <laruence@gmail.com> wrote:
> =E5=8F=91=E8=87=AA=E6=88=91=E7=9A=84 iPad
>
>> =E5=9C=A8 2014=E5=B9=B48=E6=9C=8827=E6=97=A5=EF=BC=8C4:09=EF=BC=8CStas M=
alyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>>> On a similar theme, could we also get rid of the generated Zend VM,
>>> and wire up zend_vm_gen.php to make like we wire up bison and re2c?
>>
>> That would make building PHP for non-internals person harder and the
>> list of dependencies they need to get right longer. While providing zero
>> added value. And yes, there are a lot of non-internals persons building
>> PHP. Sometimes they may even use git.
>>
>>> That would make PHP a dependency to build PHP, but it would hardly be
>>> the first language which is reliant on itself to be built. Are there
>>
>> It would not be the first, but why do it? It works just fine right now,
>> why break it?
> +1 here.
>
> I am wondering how it will benefit us?

Same, while I am annoyed from time to time due to git co after new
builds, there is nothing so bad that I would ask anyone else to
install PHP to compile PHP.

> IMO, nothing but a worthless discussion again.

Only off base answers are worthless. Discussions happen and it is up
to us to make it constructive and end it in time.

--=20
Pierre

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