Request decoding in PHP 6 [patch]

Request decoding is one of a few remaining pieces of the Unicode puzzle. The proposed solution was outlined in a blog post [1] I wrote a while back. There has been no movement on this front pretty much since then, but now that 5.3 is wrapping up I want to put some momentum behind PHP 6. Towards that, I have been working on a patch that implements the request decoding functionality. The patch [2] and the notes [3] are linked to below. This is not a final effort by any means, but I believe the patch is solid and the rest can be done in a similar manner. Right now, it implements only $_POST, $_GET, $_FILES, and $_REQUEST decoding. Deciding how to handle $_COOKIES is the next step, which is mentioned in the notes. Please take a look and comment. -Andrei [1] http://gravitonic.com/2007/02/php-6-and-request-decoding [2] http://gravitonic.com/dump/request_decoding.patch [3] http://gravitonic.com/dump/request_decoding.txt