--snip > but the mysql extension isn't invasive of other parts of the language, and > can be safely disabled. I do not believe mbstring can be safely disabled, > and i do not think that you have the transparent stuff disabled by default. >
Right, I'm sure those two cases are different. I just wanted to illustrate that there are quite a few aspects to think of before excluding / including an extension in a default build. There are definitely considerable number of people out there who will easily be bothered by that change. If you doubt it is safely disabled, please look through the relevant part of mbstring, and if you still have questions, please ask me then. > the theory of mbstring is good; i am just concerned that a: it really hasn't > been explained and discussed much on list, and b: there are two development > trees, which just doesn't make sense. > > it's like some kind of underground secret society or something... I agree with you on these points. You may well consider me as a member of underground kong-foo coder syndicate, though I'm Japanese and not good at any marshal art stuff :) Moriyoshi -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php