1The classes in this directory are general utilities for use by any part of
2MediaWiki. They do not favour any particular user interface and are not
3constrained to serve any particular feature. This is similar to includes/libs,
4except that some dependency on the MediaWiki framework (such as the use of
5MWException, Status or wfDebug()) disqualifies them from use outside of
6MediaWiki without modification.
8Utilities should not use global configuration variables, rather they should rely
9on the caller to configure their behaviour.