Re: Unicode Implementation

From:	George Schlossnagle	Date:	Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:11:16 +0000
Subject:	Re: Unicode Implementation
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On Oct 7, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Derick Rethans wrote:

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
Which is why we need the unicode=off switch. I don't think there is any way we can make Unicode PHP as fast as non-Unicode PHP. For people who need Unicode support, Unicode PHP will be faster and easier than any other way for them to get there, but for people who have no need for Unicode it would be really nice to maintain the fast non-Unicode mode.
What is wrong with PHP 5.1? People don't *have* to upgrade to the unicode enabled PHP if they don't want to. And it would probably be "nice" to have that mode for some users, but should that be over our own back with multiple implementations of everything?

Are you suggesting that people who don't want unicode should stick with 5.1 for perpetuity? George