Fix: <interface> [extends <interface> [, <ineterface>]* ]

Reinstate early-binding for classes.

Note that this is available for downwards compatibility only - and it doesn't
work if you use new features (namely, interfaces). Generally, people s

Reinstate early-binding for classes.

Note that this is available for downwards compatibility only - and it doesn't
work if you use new features (namely, interfaces). Generally, people should
declare their classes before using them, but we just didn't want hell to break
loose (c)

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Rewrote exception support. Fixes a few limitations and bugs in the old
implementation, and allows exceptions to 'fire' much earlier than before.

Instructions on how to use the new mecha

Rewrote exception support. Fixes a few limitations and bugs in the old
implementation, and allows exceptions to 'fire' much earlier than before.

Instructions on how to use the new mechanism will follow on internals@
shortly...

Note - this (most probably) breaks the current implementation of
set_exception_handler()

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Redesign the clone() feature to fix some fundamental flaws in the previous
implementation.

Using clone directly is now done using
$replica = clone $src;

Clone methods must n

Redesign the clone() feature to fix some fundamental flaws in the previous
implementation.

Using clone directly is now done using
$replica = clone $src;

Clone methods must now be declared as follows:
function __clone($that)
{
}

Clone methods in derived classes can call the __clone method of their parent
classes using parent::__clone($that)

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- Re-allow conditional class declerations. Needless to say that I also
- think it's not great coding.. Use polymorphism instead :)

- - A belated happy holidays (by two years)

Fixed bug #26065 (Crash when nesting classes)

- Nuke another rule (thanks to Jan for noticing this)

- Nuke unused code

- Add E_STRICT, to be used to warn purists (like Jani :)

- Head up! I'm reverting the patch which allows for expressions in constant
- declerations. Allowing the access of other constants in this code is
- flawed. We are reverting back to PHP 4's s

- Head up! I'm reverting the patch which allows for expressions in constant
- declerations. Allowing the access of other constants in this code is
- flawed. We are reverting back to PHP 4's static scalars.
- Don't worry if you get the following msg when compiling:
- "zend_language_parser.y contains 3 useless nonterminals and 22 useless rules"
- I didn't nuke the code in case we have some brilliant ideas after beta 2

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- Nuke const in function parameters. I just can't remember why this exists
- and it seems no one else remembers either. It has no semantic meaning.

Allow foo::$bar()

ntroduce infrastructure for supplying information about arguments,
including:

- Whether or not to pass by ref (replaces the old arg_types, with arg_info)
- Argument name (for future

ntroduce infrastructure for supplying information about arguments,
including:

- Whether or not to pass by ref (replaces the old arg_types, with arg_info)
- Argument name (for future use, maybe introspection)
- Class/Interface name (for type hints)
- If a class/interface name is available, whether to allow a null instance

Both user and builtin functions share the same data structures.

To declare a builtin function that expects its first arg to be an instance
of class 'Person', its second argument as a regular arg, and its third by
reference, use:

ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO(my_func_arg_info, 0)
ZEND_ARG_OBJ_INFO(0, someone, Person, 1)
ZEND_ARG_PASS_INFO(0)
ZEND_ARG_PASS_INFO(1)
ZEND_END_ARG_INFO();

and use my_func_arg_info as the arg_info parameter to the ZEND_FE() family
of macros.

The first arg to each ZEND_ARG_*() macro is whether or not to pass by ref.

The boolean arg to ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO() tells the engine whether to treat
the arguments for which there's no explicit information as pass by reference
or not.
The boolean argument to ZEND_ARG_OBJ_INFO() (4th arg) is whether or not to allownull values.

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Support references in foreach()
Syntax:
foreach ($arr as &$val)
foreach ($arr as $key => &$val)

Fix complex expressions for class names in NEW

Simplify

WS

Add final classes

Fix bug #23384 - static class::constant constants should now
work in static & array expressions.

updating license information in the headers.

Fix bogus implicit declarations of properties (squash bug #23671)

MEGA-patch: namespaces are R.I.P.

Fix ~ operator in class constants.

allow expressions within constants, so the following is possible

class foo {
const a = 1<<0;
const b = 1<<1;
const c = a | b;
}

this makes co

allow expressions within constants, so the following is possible

class foo {
const a = 1<<0;
const b = 1<<1;
const c = a | b;
}

this makes const a compile-time expression. all other operators are
unaffected.

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