Re: Re: [RFC] var_representation() : readable alternative to var_export()
| From: | Guilliam Xavier | Date: | Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:04:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [RFC] var_representation() : readable alternative to var_export() | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 3:36 PM tyson andre <tysonandre775@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi internals,
>
> > I've created
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/readable_var_representation based
> on
> > my original proposal in
> > https://externals.io/message/112924
> >
> > [...]
>
> A reminder that voting on the var_representation RFC starts in a day.
> This RFC proposes adding a new function `var_representation(mixed $value,
> int $flags=0): string
with multiple improvements on
> var_export()`.
>
> Any other feedback?
>
Hi,
I think the "though strings with embedded newlines will still cause
newlines in the output" part is obsolete (since \r and \n are escaped
now).
Apart from that, since var_export (and var_dump) can't really be "fixed"
for BC reasons, I'm +1 for the new function.
Thanks
--
Guilliam Xavier