[Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP]

2008-01-21 Thread Jeremy Privett
Forgot to CC list. Original Message Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:07:43 -0600 From: Jeremy Privett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Omega Vortex Corporation To: Antony Dovgal [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP]

2008-01-21 Thread Jeremy Privett
Forgot to CC list again. Just not my day. Original Message Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:11:32 -0600 From: Jeremy Privett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Omega Vortex Corporation To: Geoffrey

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP]

2008-01-21 Thread Tomas Kuliavas
On 21 Jan 2008, at 14:38, Antony Dovgal wrote: 3) 2+ bigger codebase [1] (with lots of duplicates because we have to do same things in native and unicode modes); From the cross-reference I assume you mean PHP's codebase. We still need binary string support — Unicode is only suitable for

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP]

2008-01-21 Thread Jeremy Privett
Tomas Kuliavas wrote: On 21 Jan 2008, at 14:38, Antony Dovgal wrote: 3) 2+ bigger codebase [1] (with lots of duplicates because we have to do same things in native and unicode modes); From the cross-reference I assume you mean PHP's codebase. We still need binary string support

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP]

2008-01-21 Thread Tomas Kuliavas
3) 2+ bigger codebase [1] (with lots of duplicates because we have to do same things in native and unicode modes); From the cross-reference I assume you mean PHP's codebase. We still need binary string support — Unicode is only suitable for textual content. Images, for example, are binary

Re: [Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] why we must get rid of unicode.semantics switch ASAP]

2008-01-21 Thread Jochem Maas
Tomas Kuliavas schreef: me, I'm all for dropping unicode.semantics - Antony makes strong points and it can only help the quality of the product if exceptions and switchable functionality is kept to a minimum. from a developers POV the same is true, additionally 'forcing' unicode on the