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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] A validator module for PHP7
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 6 September 2017 12:38:03 BST, Dan Ackroyd <danack@basereality=2Ecom> wr=
ote:
>On 6 September 2017 at 12:15, Rowan Collins <rowan=2Ecollins@gmail=2Ecom>
>wrote:
>
>> If you have suggestions for how the format should look
>
>Don't use a format=2E Just write code - see below=2E

I'm going to assume that the code you posted was something of a straw man,=
 and you're not actually advocating people copy 20 lines of code for every =
variable they want to validate=2E=20

As soon as you have some shared functions, you have some design decisions =
about how those functions are named, what arguments they take, etc=2E When =
used for a lot of variables, that will resemble some kind of DSL, and that'=
s all I meant by "format"=2E=20


>This type of library should be done in PHP, not in C=2E

I can certainly see the argument for that=2E In that case, how would you l=
ike to see the language evolve:

Should we deprecate ext/filter, to encourage people to use better implemen=
tations in userland?

Should the language include some set of basic primitives that these userla=
nd implementations can use, rather than having to endlessly reimplement thi=
ngs like a regex for detecting a valid integer?

Or do you view ext/filter's current scope as about right, and it should be=
 neither extended nor reduced?

Regards,

--=20
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]