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 ====== Request for Comments: Alternative implementation of mbstring using ICU ====== ====== Request for Comments: Alternative implementation of mbstring using ICU ======
-  * Version: 1.2 +  * Version: 1.3 
-  * Date: 2014-02-02+  * Date: 2014-02-05
   * Author: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> Moriyoshi Koizumi <moriyoshi@php.net>   * Author: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> Moriyoshi Koizumi <moriyoshi@php.net>
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Declined
   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/altmbstring   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/altmbstring
  
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 ===== Proposal ===== ===== Proposal =====
  
-Introduce mbsgring-ng as EXPERIMENTAL module. +Introduce mbsgring-ng as EXPERIMENTAL module for testing compatibility against existing applications.
  
 ===== Future Scope ==== ===== Future Scope ====
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 There will be a RFC for replacing mbstring by mbstring-ng, how it will be replaced, what to do with legacy mbstring, etc. Replacing module would be PHP 6 matter as it would break some applications. There will be a RFC for replacing mbstring by mbstring-ng, how it will be replaced, what to do with legacy mbstring, etc. Replacing module would be PHP 6 matter as it would break some applications.
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 +It is better to remove LGPLed code from 'must have' module. mbstring-ng shall remove this issue.
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 +**Note: Even when PHP supports Unicode internally, multibyte aware features/functions are needed to handle char encoding properly. Unicode does not solve all issues. There should be some module to handle it. Otherwise, default string functions must have encoding parameters and it would be  copy of mb_*() functions.**
  
 ===== PHP Version ===== ===== PHP Version =====
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 ===== VOTE ===== ===== VOTE =====
  
-VOTE is not started.+VOTE: 2014/02/10 - 2014/02/17
    
-<doodle title="Include mbstring-ng to PHP-5.6 as EXPERIMENTAL module" auth="yohgaki" voteType="single" closed="true">+<doodle title="Include mbstring-ng for PHP-5.6 as EXPERIMENTAL module" auth="yohgaki" voteType="single" closed="true">
    * Yes    * Yes
    * No    * No
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 Thank you for voting! Thank you for voting!
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 +===== Reference =====
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 +  * https://wiki.php.net/rfc/multibyte_char_handling
  
 ===== Changelog ===== ===== Changelog =====
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