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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Pointers to understanding code base
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Try again ... last attempt just vanished :(

On 07/02/15 10:30, Benjamin Eberlei wrote:
> I hope this is the right pointer. 
> 
> The String API changed completely in ZE3, see the Upgrading docs to PHPNG:
> 
> https://wiki.php.net/phpng-upgrading#strings
> 
> It takes much time wrapping your head around this new way, but I think
> in the end its better than before.

I've tried to work through that, but
> Not all of the extensions code have to be converted to use zend_string instead of char*. It's up to extensions maintainer to decide which type is more suitable in each particular case. 
does not help if one does not know how one decides ...

The main problem is that the smart_string section seems to have an
identity crisis? smart_str is till being used in the exmples. Any reaon
for that?

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