On Jan 21, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Andi Gutmans wrote:
I see I may not have been clear in my previous email.
Indeed as Stas mentioned I agree we should not have a php.ini
switch, i.e. unicode.semantics goes away.
At the same time I propose:
a) We invest considerable energy in figuring out and documenting
the migration path.
b) We build automated migration scripts when possible (like we did
in PHP/FI 2 -> PHP 3 ) to make the migration easier.
c) We keep an open mind regarding some areas which could make it
easier to adopt especially when the net benefits only affect a
smaller audience or audiences which already today are used to
working harder with various languages (e.g. fgets() returning
IS_STRING by default, "foo" produces IS_STRING, and u"foo" produces
IS_UNICODE, ...). These are just examples and I think reality will
depend on (a).
a) - Absolutely
b) - Absolutely
c) - I really, really, really, really x 100 do not believe that
binary strings should be the default and that Unicode strings need
explicit syntax. I've written about this many times before, so I
won't reiterate, but please let's be progressive in this area. Even
Python is moving towards Unicode strings being the default.
-Andrei
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