Re: mbstring

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > James Cox wrote: > > > > mbstring isn't a "gold" module which should be enabled by default. > > If we should reduce number of modules built by default, 1st > module should be MySQL. Removing MySQL does not cause any > technical problems at all. Yeah, this is the easiest way to piss of users. > > > > > That is, it's still -- as i see it -- just a bit more than experimental. mbstring > > work is being done on sourceforge! > > I hope you're not insisting all work must be done in php.net. > We're also aming make PHP/Zend fully i18n aware and sf.jp is > convenient for us. > > > > > 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.....) > > > > Is --disable-something is too hard to get used to? > > This is not only policy issue, but also a technical issue > as I mentioned. You're better to provide solution for it, > if you strongly insist. It is in this case, mbstring changed behavior of things. I really think mbstring should be default _some_ time, but just not right now. And as I said before, I'd rather see it _replace_ code then duplicate code. Derick --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I help you? http://www.derickrethans.nl/link.php?url=giftlist Frequent ranting: http://www.derickrethans.nl/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net All your branches are belong to me! SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------