Re: Allow empty property names

From: Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 23:08:59 +0000
Subject: Re: Allow empty property names
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Hi Marco, On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Marco Pivetta <ocramius@gmail.com> wrote: > On 25 March 2016 at 23:56, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 5:31 AM, Marco Pivetta <ocramius@gmail.com> wrote: >> > var_dump((object) ['' => 'foo']); >> > var_dump((object) ["\0*\0" => 'foo']); >> > var_dump((object) ["\0Foo\0" => 'foo']); >> >> Allowing null char would be too much. We reject null char in path >> parameters, it should be rejected like path parameter. IMHO. > > > The sequence "\0*\0" means "protected property", while the sequence > "\0Foo\0" means "private property of class Foo": that's been the case > for a > looooong time :-) Oh. Was it? I've never used and encountered this. Thanks. I'll avoid null char as I use PostgreSQL JSONB extensively, though. > Not suggesting allowing "\0" for property names: the example just shows > creating a public, private and protected property with an empty name. Could you show some real world example use cases? Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net

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