On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Sascha Schumann wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> 
> > It would also have to be a new 4.4 branch as it breaks binary
> > compatibility for extensions.
> 
>     It is far from being usable in mainstream as it relies on various
>     GCC features in many places.  Of course, using portable C is
>     a requirement for being accepted into the repository.  I
>     suppose the patch authors are aware of that which is why they
>     have not come forward yet.

>From their optimizations file:

        On architectures where computed gotos aren't supported, a simple define
        allows you to switch back to the switch based execution architecture.

regards,
Derick

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