Previous some places passed return_value_ptr only if the function
returned by reference. Now return_value_ptr is always set, even
for functions returning by-value.
This allows you to return zvals without copying their contents. For
this purpose two new macros RETVAL_ZVAL_FAST and RETURN_ZVAL_FAST
are added:
RETVAL_ZVAL_FAST(zv); /* Analog to RETVAL_ZVAL(zv, 1, 0) */
RETURN_ZVAL_FAST(zv); /* Analog to RETURN_ZVAL(zv, 1, 0) */
These macros behave similarly to the non-FAST versions with
copy=1 and dtor=0, with the difference that the FAST versions
will try return the zval without copying by utilizing return_value_ptr.
- Added mechanism to force outer streams to be closed before their inner ones.
- Fixed temp:// streams only handling correctly (through an ad hoc mechanism) reverse closing order
when the inner stream is of type memory.
- Added to UPGRADING information about the new class Transliteral, the new
parameter in dns_get_record and the fact that call_user_func_array no longer
allows call-time pass-by-reference.
. zend_function.pass_rest_by_reference is replaced by
ZEND_ACC_PASS_REST_BY_REFERENCE in zend_function.fn_flags
. zend_function.return_reference is replaced by ZEND_ACC_RETURN_REFERENCE
in zend_function.fn_flags
. zend_arg_info.required_num_args removed. it was needed only for internal
functions. Now the first arg_info for internal function (which has special
meaning) is represented by zend_internal_function_info structure.
. zend_op_array.size, size_var, size_literal, current_brk_cont,
backpatch_count moved into CG(context), because they are used only during
compilation.
. zend_op_array.start_op is moved into EG(start_op), because it's used
only for 'interactive' execution of single top-level op-array.
. zend_op_array.done_pass_two is replaced by ZEND_ACC_DONE_PASS_TWO in
zend_op_array.fn_flags.
. op_array.vars array is trimmed (reallocated) during pass_two.
. zend_class_entry.constants_updated is replaced by
ZEND_ACC_CONSTANTS_UPDATED in zend_class_entry.ce_flags
. the size of zend_class_entry is reduced by sharing the same memory space
by different information for internal and user classes.
See zend_class_inttry.info union.
