https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19298
--- Comment #8 from Andrew Garrett <[email protected]> 2009-06-20 09:52:33 UTC --- (In reply to comment #7) > As an occasional amateur programmer (not php unfortunately) and bemused > onlooker, I really don't understand how there can possibly be a problem with > this. String functions are such a basic thing - surely there's someone among > the devs with the elementary competence to write them into parser functions in > an efficient way without a whole song and dance. (I mean, finding the length > of > a string and so on, even in Unicode, is surely much simpler than reformatting > numbers and doing arithmetic.) Start off with the simple things at least - > those which don't require any special extension or create vulnerabilities - > and > then move up to the trickier stuff as and when. > It is not a question of whether it's possible, but of whether it's a good idea. Most developers agree that parser functions for string manipulation are the wrong path to go down, and that we should consider other ways of providing useful functionality to users without adversely affecting their sanity. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
