RE: [PHP-DEV] feature request

> Here I'm asking myself: what function would be easier for user to > create: counting spaces in a string or parsing the .ini file or touch > and chown? Parsing an INI file isn't difficult. It requires the same amount of knowledge to do as counting spaces or lines, albeit with a bunch more typing. I'm sorry if it sounds like I am whining, but I haven't heard any good reasons as to WHY word_count or line_count functions are NOT built in. All I've heard is "Well, you can do it like this" or "You can do it like that". I know that. I wouldn't have posted some alternatives in my first post if I wanted people to tell me that it's possible to do otherwise. If it's so easy to implement in PHP, it shouldn't be that hard to implement in C either, should it? Take care, Nik