PHP-7 compatible dependencies? about php7cc HOT 5 CLOSED

I'm not familiar with the Debian packaging process. Why does it require building the Pimple C extension from source? Why isn't the pure PHP implementation sufficient?

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Everything is built from source in Debian. Please forgive my PHP illiteracy but I don't know whether pure PHP implementation is sufficient. I suppose that would be question to maintainer or to Pimple developer(s)...

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Pimple has 2 independent interchangeable implementations: the pure PHP one and the C extension. The latter, which is incompatible with PHP 7, can be used in environments having high performance requirements, but it is completely optional. The former, on the other hand, seems to be compatible with PHP 7. Its tests pass on PHP 7.0.6-dev. And php7cc only depends on the pure PHP implementation. In fact, it was never even tested against the C extension. So I don't see why a dependency on Pimple is an issue.

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Thank you for explanation. Pimple is currently an issue because it FTBFS (at least its C extension part). I'll see if I can address that...

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Thanks again for helpful hints. For now we won't build Pimple C extension due to incompatibilities with PHP-7. Pimple class seems OK and that should do as php7cc dependency. :)

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