Re: [PHP-DEV] zend_parse_parameters From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 08/25/01

At 05:48 PM 8/24/2001 +0100, Wez Furlong wrote:
>On 24/08/01, "Andrei Zmievski" <andrei <email protected>> wrote:
> > Initially, I had another specifier that would let you receive just the
> > string pointer, but in discussions with Andi we agreed that it would be
> > good to always return the length as well. Binary safety was a major
> > consideration in this. Don't you think people will start passing NULL
> > all the time if this rule is relaxed?
>
>I understand, and yes, they would.
>
>It just seems a shame to have to declare those ints when they are not
>used.

I won't repeat what Andrei said. I think it's a good thing because it
pretty much forces people to be aware of binary safety. We have done a
great job in PHP up to now when it comes to binary safety and I wouldn't
want this to change.

>zend_parse_parameters does a great job of reducing the "tedium"
>and clutter of declaring a php function, so I should just be grateful and
>keep my mouth shut :)

:) I think for 4.0.8 we could change lots of places to use
zend_parse_parameters(). It definitely improves parameter handling.

Andi 

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