Re: What is the use of "unicode.semantics" in PHP 6?
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:57:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: What is the use of "unicode.semantics" in PHP 6? | ||
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Richard Quadling wrote:
> On 06/07/07, Antony Dovgal <antony@zend.com> wrote:
> > On 06.07.2007 15:32, Richard Quadling wrote:
> > > If Unicode had been an extension (one of those that are part of the
> > > core and cannot be disabled) with its own
> > > classes/exceptions/functions/etc, then everyone would have been happy.
> >
> > Moreover, we do have such an extension, it's called "mbstring" and
> > you can use it even in PHP4. But the point is that it's _just an
> > extension_, hence the Unicode support is far far from full.
>
> Why couldn't mbstring be upgraded to offer "full" Unicode support?
Because to support Unicode the *engine* needs to be able to work with
it. That is not something you can do with an extension.
Derick