On 20/01/2021 20:21, Claude Pache wrote:
Or `short_var_export()` could just reuse the existing `__debugInfo()` magic method (which is already used by both `var_dump()` and `print_r`, but not by `var_export()`). The programmer would just need to make sure that `__set_state()` can consume the array produced by `__debugInfo()`.
This is an interesting question to explore, but I don't follow how this relates to my previous e-mail. I'm saying that having print_r, var_dump, var_export, and var_export_short (or whatever we call it) all in one language is more confusing than helpful.
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