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PHP 8.0 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES

1. Internal API changes
  a. Object Handlers API
  b. ZEND_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION and corresponding call_method() object handler
  c. TSRM changes
  d. get() and set() object handlers
  e. zend_parse_parameters 'L' specifier
  f. Arginfo argument types
  g. zend_free_op type and should_free argument of zend_get_zval_ptr()

2. Build system changes
  a. Abstract
  b. Unix build system changes
  c. Windows build system changes

3. Module changes

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1. Internal API changes
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  a. Object Handlers API and some related functions, e.g. zend_call_method() and
     zend_objects_clone_obj() were changed to receive zend_object* instead of
     zval* and zend_string* instead of zval* for property names.

  b. ZEND_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION and corresponding call_method() object handler
     were removed. ZEND_INTERNAL_FUNCTION with ZEND_ACC_CALL_VIA_HANDLER and
     defined "handler" callback should be used instead. This "handler" callback
     should also take care about function cleanup. See ext/zend_test/test.c
     for example.

  c. The following things have been removed from TSRM:
      - TSRMLS_DC
      - TSRMLS_D
      - TSRMLS_CC
      - TSRMLS_C
      - TSRMLS_FETCH
      - TSRMLS_FETCH_FROM_CTX
      - TSRMLS_SET_CTX
      - tsrm_new_interpreter_context
      - tsrm_set_interpreter_context
      - tsrm_free_interpreter_context
      - support for GNUPTH, SGI ST, and BETHREADS

  d. The get() and set() object handlers have been removed. The get() handler
     can generally be replaced with cast_object(). Some uses of set() may be
     replaced by do_operation(). If set() was used to overload direct
     assignments using "=", then this is no longer supported and the
     functionality should be provided in some other way (for example, as
     modification of an object property).

  e. The zend_parse_parameters 'L' specifier and the Z_PARAM_STRICT_LONG()
     family of macros have been removed. Use 'l' and Z_PARAM_LONG() instead,
     which, despite the confusing name, actually have stricter input validation.

  f. Arginfo argument types for internal functions are no longer checked.
     Instead type checks should be performed using the zend_parse_parameters()
     or ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_*() APIs.

  g. zend_free_op type and "should_free" argument of zend_get_zval_ptr() were
     removed. It's possible to get the old "should_free" value using the
     following code.

     zval *ret = zend_get_zval_ptr(opline, opline->op1_type, &opline->op1,
         execute_data, BP_VAR_R);
     zval *should_free = (op_type & (IS_TMP_VAR|IS_VAR)) ? ret : NULL;

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2. Build system changes
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  a. Abstract
    - Symbol HAVE_HASH_EXT is removed and is no longer defined. It should be
      considered to have hash extension always available since PHP 7.4.
    - Symbol HAVE_PCRE is removed and is no longer defined. It should be
      considered to have pcre extension always available since PHP 7.4.
    - Symbol HAVE_LOCALE_H has been removed and is no longer defined.

  b. Unix build system changes

    1.  --enable-maintainer-zts is renamed --enable-zts for parity with Windows
        and as recognition that ZTS is not a "maintainer" or experimental feature.

  c. Windows build system changes

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3. Module changes
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