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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Unicode strings?
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

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On 3/12/14, 5:20 AM, Lester Caine wrote:
> Crypto Compress wrote:
>>
>>> Unicode variable names ARE secondary, but if the handling of unicode
>>> works as
>>> well as it seems to be for me then it may be an option that can be
>>> considered.
>>
>> http://3v4l.org/kWb0U
>> Please help me, what is this about?
>=20
> Exactly what has already been discussed?
> You can use unicode strings in many areas of PHP, but it is not by
> design, but rather as the result of 'holes' in the design.

That's not a hole in the design. It was quite deliberate and it had
little to do with Unicode at the time. It was a deliberate effort to not
artificially limit identifiers beyond that which the language syntax
naturally prevented. Think <space> ; , { } ( ) etc.

-Rasmus


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