Re: Alternative mbstring implementation using ICU
| From: | Niel Archer | Date: | Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:05:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Alternative mbstring implementation using ICU | ||
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> Hi there,
>
> I almost finished an alternative implementation of mbstring that uses
> ICU instead of the exotic libmbfl in hope of replacing the current one
> for 5.4 (and possibly, 6.0.)
>
> Although there are admittingly some known incompatibilities that need
> extra libraries to resolve them besides a number of missing functions
> that are intentionally removed for simplicity's sake, frequently used
> functions are fully usable, and more compliant with the standard (e.g.
> case insensitive matches).
>
> Any comments are appreciated.
>
> The source is ready in the following location:
>
> http://github.com/moriyoshi/mbstring-ng/
>
>
> Implemented functions:
>
> - mb_ereg()
> - mb_ereg_replace()
as ereg functions are deprecated in 5.3, are these still needed?
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> Regards,
> Moriyoshi
>
>
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