Re: This is the kind of [expletives deleted] answer that is certain to prevent bugs being reported.
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:24:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: This is the kind of [expletives deleted] answer that is certain to prevent bugs being reported. | ||
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Ben Dunlap wrote:
> Per Jessen wrote:
>
>> Which is exactly the bug I reported. An application that
>> deliberately ignores the locale setting passed from the environment
>> is buggy unless it is clearly documented. Why should a developer be
>> forced to be aware of the locale when it has already been done for
>> him? That is just dim.
>
> In what sense is this a bug in PHP, though?
Well, I guess it is only a bug if one expects PHP to behave like a
normal Unixy application. Mea culpa, perhaps.
> Have you read the classic "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way"?
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Ben
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/Per
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