# SPL -> ext/spl?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/5315
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/5315
- Started by George Schlossnagle on 2003-11-07T16:24:57+00:00
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## #5315 — George Schlossnagle — 2003-11-07T16:24:57+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/5315#5315

Is there any reason spl is being maintained in a separate tree?  It 
would really be nice to have it in the main distribution before the 
next beta.  It keeps popping up on Zeev's slides, but isn't easily 
available for end-users looking to try it out.  It might also help 
getting it's final API tacked down.

George

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## #5317 — Andi Gutmans — 2003-11-07T16:33:14+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/5315#5317 · In reply to: #5315

At 11:24 AM 11/7/2003 -0500, George Schlossnagle wrote:
>Is there any reason spl is being maintained in a separate tree?  It would 
>really be nice to have it in the main distribution before the next 
>beta.  It keeps popping up on Zeev's slides, but isn't easily available 
>for end-users looking to try it out.  It might also help getting it's 
>final API tacked down.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by SPL. We had long discussions with 
Marcus and decided that for PHP 5 iterators will be part of Zend (which 
they are) and array overloading won't be (I don't think it is extremely 
necessary except for internal extensions which are supported).

Andi