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VM extension API Scratchpad

This is an area where a number of us are brainstorming and developing ideas around the proposal for an improved interface between the PHP Virtual Machine and its extensions.

List of problems to solve

Use of HashTable as a library function and an interface.

Allow through user code in extensions
- hashtables are part of the language proper
- Is user code available in extensions already (there are .inc files)

extension code which manipulates the contents of HashTables directly

Extensions which write to $php_errormsg

http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.phperrormsg.php

Folks involved in the discussion

We do not want to spam internals with hundreds of emails about our musings as we bounce ideas around but we do want to do this in the open hence this page. The folks currently involved in the discussion are as follows. If you are interested in the discussion or feel we are going about things in the wrong way please contact us:

* Rob Nicholson (nicholsr@php.net) * Andy Wharmby (wharmby@php.net) * Iain Lewis (??iains id??) * Paul Biggar (paul.biggar@gmail.com)