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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] generating code from AST
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 07/03/2017 10:33, Derick Rethans wrote:
>> Having a bytecode disassembler in core would also be nice, yes.
> Because installing an extension is too hard? It sounds like reinventing
> the wheel.

Not necessarily reinventing it, just pre-attaching it to the carriage ;) 
By which I mean, there's no reason "bundling a VLD-esque extension" 
couldn't mean "bundling VLD".

But as Dave said:

> However I'm sure there are valid reasons why VLD (or similar) have not been
> included; and would wonder if those would also end up applying to the AST


Basically, we're back to the age-old discussion of exactly what are the 
pros and cons of "bundling" an extension, given the way PHP is packaged 
by vendors in practice.

Regards,

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]