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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Zend Engine 3
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)


> On 24 Nov 2014, at 00:10, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
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> Good evening,
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> Since phpng, int64, and perhaps other future changes in PHP 7 are a =
pretty big change, I think we ought to bump the major version number of =
the Zend Engine, from Zend Engine 2 to Zend Engine 3.
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> I have a pull request open which would do this, although it needs =
updating to correct extensions checking for ZEND_ENGINE_2: =
https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/829
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> Are there any objections to the idea? I realise work on the engine =
isn=E2=80=99t done, but that doesn=E2=80=99t mean we can=E2=80=99t name =
the new version. After all, we=E2=80=99ve named PHP 7, and it doesn=E2=80=99=
t exist yet, either.

Some changes were made and reviewed, and the pull request has been =
merged.

PHP 7 shall ship with Zend Engine 3! \o/

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https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/150dc69d6eee35738f505e925ee664c02060=
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Andrea Faulds
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