Re: Re: [RFC] Use default_charset As Default Character Encoding

> I don't see that it is possible to merge the settings from different > libraries, what if an application is relying on mbstring and iconv having > different settings ?? > > I think this use case is descibed in the RFC. The default_charset can be overwritten: default_charset < php.* < mbstring.*/iconv.* < encoding specified by functions > It's possible that applications are relying on the separation of their > settings in order to function properly, is what I am trying to say. > The same like above. > > The only way you could possibly merge those configuration settings is by > also merging the functionality, there's no backward compatible way to do > that, but I can imagine at some time in the future those libraries being > used to support all of the required input/output/script encoding features > at the level of Zend. > > I don't see how this can move forward and not break stuff ... > > I think it's the same like above...You can override the default setting, so everything should be fine. I'm +1 for this, as there are really to much unnecessary settings around!