Re: [RFC] Mixed type
| From: | Larry Garfield | Date: | Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:34:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Mixed type | ||
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, at 10:45 AM, Benjamin Eberlei wrote:
> > Sure, but how often is that an actual description of what the code
> > accepts? I... cannot actually envision what code would actually accept
> > that mess. :-)
> >
>
> I can think of quite a few:
>
> - var_dump, print_r, more generally debugging/logging functions and
> wrappers thereof
> - json_encode, serialize, and more generally serialization and encoding
> functions, as return value as well for the inverse operations
> - database/nosql related functions (bindParam, bindValue) and as return
> value from generic functions like fetch()
> - Xpath::evaluate
> - ldap query functions
>
> And wrappers of these extensions could benefit from passing on the mixed
> type explicitly.
Valid examples. It would be helpful to add those to the RFC for clarity.
--Larry Garfield