Re: Filesystem path APIs
| From: | David CARLIER | Date: | Sat, 09 Dec 2023 09:40:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Filesystem path APIs | ||
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 16:10, Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi David
>
> On 08/12/2023 10:08, David CARLIER wrote:
> > I think these would be great additions to PHP as working with paths
> and files is a core part of any programming language.
> >
> >
> > Seems like it, is there an argument to be made to, let's say, in the
> performance side ?
>
> A native implementation is going to be faster than an implementation in
> userspace.
> However, I don't think that matters because the performance is likely
> dominated by the I/O you do after constructing a path.
> You'd need to construct a large number of paths before you notice anything
> I guess.
>
> Cheers
> Niels
>
Very true, so what would be the argument beside having those as "builtins"
as opposed to external components ?