Re: Re: mbstring

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > derick@php.net wrote: > > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > > > > > >>derick@php.net wrote: > >> > >>>No, not really. It was noted by more than one person that it breaks > >>>some simple things in PHP, affecting the bahavior of scripts that are > >>>already out there. Until it is totally stable (which you yourself it is > >>>not yet) it should not be enabled by default. How, after 4.3 is branched > >> > >>What problem? > > > > > > For example the bug with the request variables, which might be fixed in > > CVS now, but it isn't fixed in any release. > > It was working just like original treat data. > The bug was introduced someone changed original treat data, > but forgot to update multibyte version. This is the reason why I think there should be just one version of every piece of code, in this case using the mbstring stuff always would have made sense IMO. > I think this is one of the reason why we should enable it > by default so that everyone aware how it supposed to work. > > I might forget to merge the fix. I'll check it later. > [snip] > > You mean the thing on sourceforge here as "development version" ? > > Until we stablize and finish testing the code. > > We would like to mess things up a lot, that's why we're using > sourceforge. We will merge changes to php.net CVS step by step. > > New filter will be merged after 4.3.0 branch is made. Then > we'll sync source and start messing it again. (break build, functions, > engine, etc) > > I guess most of us do not appreciate breaking build, functions and > engine. I don't like that indeed, but IMO it's ok in a development version for a restricted amount of time. [snip] > >>BTW, Derick, could you add mbstring category to bug db? > >>(AFAIK, there is no category for it) > > > > > > It's already there, under "Languages/Translation". > > It's not intuitive to me :) > Could you change the name like usual extension? I'll do that as soon as bugs.php.net is up again, which I fear that it will take some time *sigh* regards, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------