On 7-Dec-06, at 10:17 AM, Zeev Suraski wrote:
At 13:35 07/12/2006, Stefan Esser wrote:
Guys,
why can't you simply introduce a new variable type for serialized
strings like uppercase S:
There is absolutely no need for breaking backward compatibility.
I can't think of a single reason not to use a new type like you
suggest.
Can anybody think of any drawbacks?
Well, older version of PHP will be totally incapable of parsing it,
creating problems for the many people who use serialized strings as a
means of passing data between PHP applications. This would be an
especially big problem if you would want to add it to a pre-6.0 release.
Ilia Alshanetsky
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