Re: [Devel] Ready for 2.0.8

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Regarding the specific FT_Get_Next_Char API, it seems to be nice
> except that:
> 
>  A - I'd prefer having a "FT_Get_First_Char" function, instead of
>      calling FT_Get_Next_Char(0) to retrieve the first character
>      code in a charmap..

Yep.

>      the latter assumes that '0' is never a valid character code,
>      and I'm just too skeptical to believe that this will never
>      be a problem, even if we can't see one now

Any restriction regarding input character sets is bad.

> That's why I'd prefer to release 2.0.8 right now without the additional
> API, even if this means we're going to release 2.0.9 a few days after
> that. I simply value critical bug-fixes at higher priorities than
> additional features for now..

It's up to you.  Do what you prefer.


    Werner