I personally think there is value in marking strings as binary using the 'b' even if PHP currently doesn't differentiate, from a developer friendliness perspective. It shows intent, and informs the reader of what to expect if they inspect the value.
If anything, the only change I'd make, if possible, would be for var_dump() to print it in a readable format (e.g. hex encoded) by default. I don't see any issues with forward compatibility either, any attempt to re-add a 'b' later would exhibit the same behavior it does now, most likely. - Davey On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Pedro Magalhães <m...@pmmaga.net> wrote: > > > > > > Too bad it has been rejected. > > > > The vote is still open until the 20th. > > Regards, > Pedro >
