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Hi
David Zülke kindly let me know that I mis-posted the message below by posting it as a reply with a different subject. So here it is again, now in its own thread. (sorry about the double post)

Hi all,
I have been following the internals list since I heard that the unicode effort had grinded to a halt (so I am quite the noob into the php internals world).

I have some ideas for possible ways to implement unicode handling. My guess is that most of these have been discussed earlier but I do not seem to be able to find any good way of reading up on the choices that led to the php 6 unicode implementation (please direct me in the right direction if such a source is available). It would also be great if there was a source of information that listed some of the caveats of the project that I am guessing is what is making it hard to implement.

I proppose that we make a wiki page that attempts to summarize information about unicode support in php. Some of the headlines on the page could be:

• Desired features
• Cavets
• The "php 6 way"
• Possible alternative "ways"

I think this would give a good overview that would make it easier to make the right decision on how to move forward.

I would like to organize/collect/manage the information, but I need help in finding the needed information.

Is this a good idea?
Is it silly to have someone, that has not been involved in the earlier unicode discussions, trying to summarize on them?

Regards, Jacob Oettinger