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[skip ci] Document the closure $this internals change in UPGRADING.INTERNALS #23434

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Expand Up @@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ PHP 8.6 INTERNALS UPGRADE NOTES
hand if there is one, E_WARNING for the severity, and
ZEND_ENUM_StreamErrorCode_Generic for the code. terminating should be true
only if the error aborts the operation.
. zend_create_closure(), zend_create_fake_closure() and
zend_create_partial_closure() now take the bound $this as a zend_object*
instead of a zval*. Accordingly, zend_get_closure_this_ptr() now returns
that zend_object*, or NULL when the closure is unbound, instead of a
zval* that is IS_UNDEF when the closure is unbound.

- Added:
. New zend_class_entry.ce_flags2 and zend_function.fn_flags2 fields were
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