Re: Unicode Implementation

Ditto please! Jevon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Korving" <r.korving@xit.nl> To: <internals@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 8:27 PM Subject: [php] Re: [PHP-DEV] Unicode Implementation > Well, if you want my 2 cents as well, the 2 cents a PHP user is very willing > to share with you guys... > > PHP6 is a major release. BC is a priority, but as far as I'm concerned not > the top priority. I wouldn't mind a unicode-only PHP at all. Like a few > others here, I think the speed penalty won't be huge at all. It's not like > my scripts are 90% string handling (and I assume the unicode benchmark > scripts are). I wouldn't want you guys having a messy codebase just because > you want to support non-unicode and unicode. I also wouldn't want you guys > branching to a non-unicode line of PHP releases. It would just be too much. > As far as I'm concerned, I'd be fine with a unicode only PHP6. Unicode is > progress. I think a lot of the people who don't want it, don't yet see the > positive things it brings. > > Ron > > > > "Peter Brodersen" <php@ter.dk> schreef in bericht > news:s7hkk1l00v0gerlccnsc0937ov977j5og4@4ax.com... > On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 00:55:45 -0400 (EDT), in php.internals > adam@trachtenberg.com (Adam Maccabee Trachtenberg) wrote: > > >We seem to be under the impression that the Unicode speed penalty will > >be so harsh that a Unicode-only PHP 6 will be too slow for > >use. However, we don't know that for sure. Yes, it will be slower, > >when you look at the whole request cycle, it may not matter. > > I agree - the speed penalty comparsion seems mostly related to php > scripts that does nothing else than handling strings. > > I recall the old discussions (echo vs print vs ?>...<? ) using similar > benchmarks. It is true when you compare the specific > functions/language constructs the relative difference in speed is > apparent. But compared to a bunch of other functions that you'll > usually use (database connections, file access, data sorting, etc.) I > imagine that the speed penalty is simply marginal. > > Just my 0.02 \x20B1. > > -- > - Peter Brodersen > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >