Basic string comparison functions still use old parameter parsing API

> Hi Dmitry, > > I just noticed that all basic string comparison functions in > Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c, especially "strcmp", "strncmp", > "strcasecmp", "strncasecmp" still use the old and inefficient > parameter parsing API, unlike similar functions in > ext/standard/string.c such as "substr_compare", "strtok", > "str(i)str", "str(i)pos", "strr(i)pos", "strrchr" that already > consistently use the new efficient macro-based API. > > I think one can consider "str(n)cmp" and "str(n)casecmp", etc. at > least as important as "substr_compare", especially considering that > these are wrappers around very basic functions that often get called > in very hot code or inside tight loops (e.g. sorting). I therefore > recommend changing those 4 functions in Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c > to use ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_* macros for PHP 7.2. > > What do you think? >