Configuring SPL as SHARED View as Markdown

The config.m4 file that is currently shipping (php5-200401192230)
disallows configuring SPL as a shared module on non-Windows as shown
immediately below. However, no such restriction is given for the
Windows configure (config.w32) shown further on. Having built the
shared version for Windows, it also appears to work just fine. Can
someone enlighten me as to whether SPL can/should be built as a shared
PHP module?

Thanks,
Blake Schwendiman

----- config.m4 -----

dnl $Id: config.m4,v 1.9 2004/01/19 11:07:19 chregu Exp $
dnl config.m4 for extension SPL

PHP_ARG_ENABLE(spl, enable SPL suppport,
[ --disable-spl Disable Standard PHP Library], yes)

if test "$PHP_SPL" != "no"; then
if test "$ext_shared" = "yes"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot build SPL as a shared
module)
fi
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SPL, 1, [Whether you want SPL (Standard PHP Library)
support])
PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(spl, php_spl.c spl_functions.c spl_engine.c
spl_iterators.c spl_array.c spl_directory.c spl_sxe.c, $ext_shared)
fi

----- config.w32 -----

// $Id: config.w32,v 1.3 2004/01/19 08:31:16 sebastian Exp $
// vim:ft=javascript

ARG_ENABLE("spl", "SPL (Standard PHP Library) support", "no");

if (PHP_SPL != "no") {
EXTENSION("spl", "php_spl.c spl_functions.c spl_engine.c
spl_iterators.c spl_array.c spl_directory.c spl_sxe.c");
AC_DEFINE('HAVE_SPL', 1);
}

Blake Schwendiman
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