Re: [PHP-DEV] time to upgrade our bundled expat? From: Emiliano (emile <email protected>)
Date: 02/19/01

"Thies C. Arntzen" wrote:

> > We use it a lot. Works well, supports multiple charsets, and is now in
> > as sane library format so internalizatin isn't strictly necesary
> > anymore (although there can be reasons to do so all the same, of
> > course).
> >
> > Is there anything specific you want to know about it?
>
> -was the upgrade from the original jclark-dist painfull at
> all?

We haven't seen any API changes ourselves, and I think we use a fairly
sizeable part of the API. We had our own version of expat-lib, built
from jclark-dist, and include file name changes aside, it was painless.

> -are there any known incompatiblities?

Not that I know of, altough ISTR that apache had renamed some function
names for their internalized version. Our resident expat 'expert' will
be online in a few hours and I'm sure he can give you more details.

> -do you think that if we upgrade the PHP 4 bundled expat
> we'll hit any wall?

In what sense?

Just to satisfy my curiosity, why is expat being internalized when
it's available as a library? To minimize external dependancies?

Emile 

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