RE: [PHP-DEV] mbstring

> > I vote to remove mbstring as a default module. > > I guess you have never tried to create a truely globalized/localized > application then? > > I'm -1 on removing it, because PHP needs a consistent charset encoding > API that is portable across platforms. iconv and recode are "no good" > because their supported charsets vary from system to system and version > to version; some libraries actually have broken encoding tables > Wez, let me rephrase: mbstring isn't a "gold" module which should be enabled by default. That is, it's still -- as i see it -- just a bit more than experimental. mbstring work is being done on sourceforge! So I want to 'disable' it by default. If you want encoding, just enable it. But you're right, i've never needed to create a truely globalized/localized app. (and from general principles, if you feel you need to localize any more than your ui/strings.....) -- james