RE: [PHP-DEV] mbstring

> > 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.....) > > > > That's not what I read, perhaps you can just double clarify this -- you > do not at all want to remove mbstring from PHP (and move it say, to > pear)... > > If this is correct, than I'm +1, otherwise I'm -1. Mbstring is very > important when it comes to creating i18n applications. Also, you seem > to forget that PHP is not only used in England, but other areas where it > is _quite_ important, and _quite_ necessary. > Erm, i'm quite aware of it's global presense.. but you got it right... i don't care about if it exists as an extension -- actually, yes i do, it should be a big bonus for us once it's stable -- i just don't think it should be enabled by default. This seems to cause end-users (and downstream developers like RedHat) huge issues. Let's not enable it by default now, and when it's more stable, (say, PHP5 time) we can re-enable it. Who knows, it might serve as a good extra carrot. :) -- James