Re: What is the use of "unicode.semantics" in PHP 6?

From: Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:56:58 +0000
Subject: Re: What is the use of "unicode.semantics" in PHP 6?
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Seems to me... Both need to be done. Do both, or pick one if you can't do both, and somebody else will do the other. That's how FLOSS works. :-) On Wed, July 11, 2007 12:33 am, Evert | Rooftop wrote: > One final question.. > > should I assume while converting code "unicode.semantics" is on or > off? > > If its on I would be making sure everything is properly casted to > binary > strings where this is needed, if it's off the focus would be on making > sure the application runs on both PHP5 and PHP6.. > > What makes the most sense here? I would personally say I would try it > assuming its off, as this is the most likely for the development teams > to target for .. > > Evert > > Andi Gutmans wrote: >> I think the sooner the better as it's valuable information for the >> dev >> team. >> It'd probably be a good idea to have a Wiki where we can document >> issues >> that/common use-cases which are encountered. >> Maybe we should have a Wiki on one of the php.net servers for such >> purposes? >> Andi >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Evert | Rooftop [mailto:evert@rooftopsolutions.nl] >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:40 AM >>> To: Andi Gutmans >>> Cc: Antony Dovgal; Andrei Zmievski; Stas Malyshev; >>> internals@lists.php.net >>> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] What is the use of "unicode.semantics" >>> in PHP 6? >>> >>> Andi Gutmans wrote: >>> >>>> What I really think we need to do for this release, which >>>> >>> we haven't >>> >>>> been good at doing in the past, is build a PHP Compatibility Team >>>> which tries to port many applications to PHP 6 and finds >>>> >>> the issues in >>> >>>> doing this port (both with unicode_semantics=on/off). We can then >>>> learn from this experience and have good documentation on how to >>>> upgrade to both modes and in some cases, like we have done >>>> >>> in the past >>> >>>> 2-3 weeks, tweak PHP 6 to not break backwards compatibility. It is >>>> possible in many cases. >>>> >>>> >>> I'd volunteer for this. Does it help you guys to get started >>> with this today, or should I be waiting till there's more >>> agreement on some of this stuff.. >>> >>> Evert >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?

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