Re: PECL/idn documentation

Hi Maciej! On 10.12.2016 at 01:32, Maciej Sobaczewski wrote: > Hi Christoph! > > I just removed it. I see no point in keeping files of disabled extension > - we have VCS so removal can be reverted at any time if there will be > interest in doing so. > > Currently, it was only causing confusion, IMO. Thanks! Cheers, Christoph > W dniu 24.11.2016 o 18:59, Christoph M. Becker pisze: >> Hi! >> >> I've just noticed that the PHP manual contains the documentation of >> PECL/idn[1], but that it has been disabled due to conflicting function >> names (idn_to_ascii and idn_to_utf8 are used by ext/intl)[2]. However, >> because version.xml is still there (and not disabled) the documentation >> of these functions has duplicate and confusing version information[3]. >> >> Of course, the proper solution would be to rename ext/intl's >> idn_to_ascii and idn_to_utf8, but that is obviously impossible for BC >> reasons. >> >> I'm not sure about the status of PECL/idn, however. Its developement >> may have been ceased (did it, Johannes?), and if so, we may consider to >> actually remove the documentation from the PHP manual. Otherwise it >> might be an option to tag the PECL/idn functions with an additional idn_ >> prefix, so that there are no more conflicts. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> [1] <https://pecl.php.net/package/idn> >> [2] >> <http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=280916> >> [3] >> <http://docs.php.net/manual/en/function.idn-to-ascii.php> >> >> <http://docs.php.net/manual/en/function.idn-to-utf8.php> >> >