On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Keryx Web <webmas...@keryx.se> wrote:
> Hi all! > > I am preparing a Server Side Scripting (using PHP) course for the Web > Standards Project Interact[1]. As I am going through security considerations > I note that the ctype functions are being used in the manual[2] and have not > been deprecated in 5.3. I have, however, been told that they are not, nor > ever will be, Unicode compatible.[3] > > If that indeed is the case: > > A. Should they not be deprecated formally, including giving an appropriate > error when used? (Yes, that will give some people, like me, lots of errors. > But I rather take them now than have my code blow up on me in the future.) > > B. Should not the the manual be telling people about these functions being > non-future proof? > I believe the latest discussion settled on rewriting ctype_* functions to use ICU internally in HEAD, so that they work correctly on Unicode strings. -Andrei
