Dan,

File_MARC 0.8.0 beta appears to be working as expected in my scripts.

Mark


----- Original Message -----
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Dan Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >> Given that File_MARC has been around since, what, the late 1950's,
> >> why
> >> don't you just slap a 1.0 on it? It's not like anyone isn't using
> >> it
> >> because they're waiting for the API to stabilize; we're all using
> >> it
> >> regardless.
> >
> > Heh. The main reason is that I want to remove the dependency on the
> > PEAR Structures_LinkedList package, which is also beta, and also
> > written by me. Several PHP point releases ago, native linked lists
> > were (finally) added; I had a branch that cut over to native linked
> > lists and passed most of the tests, but got distracted by a cat
> > video
> > online or something and never got to that finish line.
> >
> > I have a bit of a crazy weekend coming up, but tell you what: next
> > week I'll resurrect that branch and see if I can cut a 1.0 release.
> > Seeing tangible interest from the community is good motivation :)
> 
> First step: I have removed the dependency on Structures_LinkedList in
> favour of the native SplDoublyLinkedList. All tests are passing, and
> I
> think I closed a few long-standing corner cases as well...
> 
> Per PEAR rules, I have pushed File_MARC 0.8.0 beta. If a few hardy
> souls could give this a shot with their own applications and let me
> know if it all looks good, then I'll proceed with 1.0 stable on
> Friday.
>