Re: Features Page
| From: | Anant Narayanan | Date: | Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:02:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Features Page | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.gtk.dev |
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Hey Steph,
> Sorry to disappoint you but native Unicode support won't arrive until
> PHP 6.
:(
> ATK and Pango are a bit behind (in PHP-GTK implementation) - we have a
> _lot_ of work to do there. Mention them though, fine.
Done.
> Internal extension name is still 'gtk'. It's not possible to put a
> hyphen in an internal name. (I know, I tried.)
I removed that point. I've been meaning to ask, do developers actually
ever need to know the internal external name?
> I still haven't figured whether there's a huge difference between dl()
> and .ini loading other than the time of loading.... both are recognised
> as external mechanisms in PHP 5. Andrei might be able to clarify the
> situation.
Well, Andrei did mention in his recent presentation that the ini way of
loading the extension is ``the way to go" (TM)
> You need to say something more explicit about 'global constants' in
> practical terms. Nobody else knows what that means.
I expanded that point a bit.
> Andrei: note that 'deprecated widgets will still work...' ;)
Hmm, this is not for me :)
Cheers,
- Anant