Re: Why are serialized strings wrapped in double quotes? (s:<len>:"<string>")

czw., 8 lut 2024 o 20:10 Sanford Whiteman <figureonecpr@gmail.com> napisał(a): > Hi Michał, > > Thursday, February 8, 2024, 2:58:52 AM, you wrote: > ... > >O3:Foo:5{s4:date;O17:DateTimeImmutable:3{s4:date;s26:2024-02-08 > > >08:41:10.009742;s13:timezone_type;i:3;s8:timezone;s16:Europe/Amsterdam}s6:*foo;s11:Foo > >bar > > > >>baz;s8:Foobar;i:123456789;s3:tbl;a4{i:0;i:123;i:1;b:1;i:2;d:1.1;i:3;s3:baz}s8:*color;E12:Color:Yellow} > > > >This is still readable by humans and keep the size/length in all places > >where needed. > > Amazing. To my eyes it's more readable too. > Just wondering, while null is encoded just as N the booleans are encoded with b:0 or b:1 I can imagine this could also be just T and F > Here's another one: leading numeral *implies* Integer 'i' (so only > 'd', 'b' and 's<len>' are necessary). Or maybe that goes > too far. I was there in the very first link you can spot it but also believe this goes too far. All above already goes far beyond what you initially asked and I know that. I just like to share what can find. Cheers, Michał Marcin Brzuchalski