Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP6 artifact - binary strings

2015-02-08 Thread Andrea Faulds
Hi, > On 8 Feb 2015, at 21:48, Marc Bennewitz wrote: > > Wrapping all in objects isn't an option. This would only add unnecessary > overhead and only move the issue to a different place. I don’t see why not. Objects are generally exempt from type juggling, except for conversion to strings. S

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP6 artifact - binary strings

2015-02-08 Thread Marc Bennewitz
Hi Andrea, Am 08.02.2015 um 22:09 schrieb Andrea Faulds: Hi, On 8 Feb 2015, at 20:10, Marc Bennewitz wrote: Since PHP-5.2.1 we have an artifact of PHP-6 in the engine means we can define binary strings but such definitions haven't any effect. Yes. That’s because PHP 6 was going to have Uni

Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP6 artifact - binary strings

2015-02-08 Thread Andrea Faulds
Hi, > On 8 Feb 2015, at 20:10, Marc Bennewitz wrote: > > Since PHP-5.2.1 we have an artifact of PHP-6 in the engine means we can > define binary strings but such definitions haven't any effect. Yes. That’s because PHP 6 was going to have Unicode strings by default, alongside binary strings (t