Re: [php6] Unicode support, options?

From:	Crypto Compress	Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 21:04:41 +0000
Subject:	Re: [php6] Unicode support, options?
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Hi Pierre,

Thoughts, comments or ideas?
it may be crazy to even think about it, but my idea is to mix the "worst" (C++ *and* ICU) to get the ultimate unicode foundation. Boost.Locale: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/locale/doc/html/rationale.html#why_icu Mainly because we like to use UTF-8 storage.

What do you understand by "storage"? Quote: "U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 allows to force ICU to use UTF-8 by default. It is a ICU compile time setting." Source: Pierre Quote: "...stateless encodings like UTF-8..." Source: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/locale/doc/html/charset_handling.html#codecvt_limitations

Also pure c++ api is not an option yet. Unless we rewrite php in c++ but then I would go with a 3-4 years Dev phase

Yes, a complete rewrite is insane not crazy. Prefer small evolutionary steps and some bigger ones.

...not really what I am looking for.

We know what you are looking for. You asked for ideas. cryptocompress