Right now, the zend_function struct contains a char *function_name but no
int function_name_len. In light of the comments below, I think this is a
bug, or a bug waiting to happen.
George
> If the string functions (str*()) don't work with function names in PHP,
> it's all for the better. Code that works with these function names should
> only be using mem*() functions anyway, they're quicker and they're binary
safe.
>
> Zeev
>
> At 10:22 02/08/2001, George Schlossnagle wrote:
> > > > It seem sto me that there are ways of accomplishing this that allow
for
> >this
> > > > without breaking compatibility of that string with standard string
> > > > functions, for exampla an ANSI-like standard prohibiting userland
> >functions
> > > > begnning with __ or using a non-null, low ascii character (say
0x07).
> > >
> > > agreed, but php has been binary-safe for a looong time. and
> > > \0 is the most obvious thing to embed and show anybody (who
> > > reads the c-code) that this is only to-be used internally.
> >
> >I guess, but it means that it is unsafe to use the common string
functions
> >on function names in the function_table. There are valid reasons to
> >directly access function_table in php extensions, so why severely limit
the
> >library functions you can use to manipulate function names? It just
seems
> >to me that while it may make it obvious that it's for internal use, there
> >are better ways of doing it that still allow you to treat a string as a
> >string in c.
> >
> > >
> > > tc
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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