in preparation for a performance optimization that involves

in preparation for a performance optimization that involves
eliminating phar's interception of zend_compile in favor of a new to-be-added hook in PHP 5.3+,
allow "include 'phar:///path/to/my.phar';" to work as equivalent to
php /path/to/my.phar
this slight change in scripting still allows inclusion and execution of phar stub, but removes the need to
check and modify path in zend_compile, which allows us to play much nicer with external tools like
debuggers/opcode caches