Also forwarding to the list. On 20.11.2018 at 11:50, Nikita Popov wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:44 AM Christoph M. Becker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> With regard to bug #77177[1], I'm wondering whether a get_properties >> handler[2] is allowed to return NULL, or whether an empty hash table has >> to be returned instead. >> >> [1] <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77177> >> [2] >> <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.0RC5/Zend/zend_object_handlers.h#L91-L92> > > It's currently considered legal, but I would like to move towards not > allowing it (I've already tightened up requirements for many other object > handlers in master). A NULL return value from get_properties can be > replaced by a return of &zend_empty_array, which saves all the consuming > code from having to perform unnecessary null checks. I would recommend > changing that code to return &zend_empty_array, rather than make > serialization check NULL. > > Additionally, COM should really be setting the > serialize_deny/unserialize_deny handlers, to explicitly prohibit > serialization, rather than just return a garbage value. Thanks, Nikita! I've just opened <https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3672>. -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
