Re: Remove old PHP6 forward compatibility

From: Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 23:12:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Remove old PHP6 forward compatibility
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Hi! > Back when PHP6 was actually a thing, we added the 'b' string literal > prefix and the (binary) cast to be forward compatible with PHP6, > however since the entire unicode strings part were dropped, these are > no longer needed. > > I think its safe to remove these 2, and take it as a lession learned, > to safely and selectively added forward compatibile features. Why remove it? I'm not sure what removing it would improve. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com

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