+1 from me - unicode is very very needed indeed. Normaly on every project I have to deal with 3 languages - english, russian and latvian - and there is no fun in making advanced html/bbcode parser (not based on str_replace or preg_replace - it is far more complex than that) using mb_string functions.
2008/7/3 Keryx Web <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Lukas Kahwe Smith skrev: > >> But if we put the burden of being the last planned PHP 5 release onto 5.3, >> we will have huge issues getting it out the door. So please let us keep 5.4 >> on the table, but at the same time do everything we can to get PHP 6 onto >> some sort of "release schedule". >> > > Let me see if I get this. > > PHP 5.4 = 6.0 without Unicode. > PHP 6.0 = 5.4 plus Unicode. > > It sounds like PHP 5.4 is actually needed when 6.0 no longer has the > Unicode semantics on/off switch. > > FWIW, personally, I need Unicode more than I need namespaces; I need > Unicode more than I need traits; I need Unicode more than I need lambda and > closures. I need Unicode more than I need {$capability_of_choice}. All of > those things are nice, but Unicode is getting *critical*. > > > Lars Gunther > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >