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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 02:18:13 +0100
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To: David Rodrigues <david.proweb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] var_export() array format
From: andreas@dqxtech.net (Andreas Hennings)

On 18 February 2018 at 02:04, David Rodrigues <david.proweb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just think that is not responsability of PHP to care about output format
> at core level (although we have the json pretty output support...).

Why not?
E.g. JSON_PRETTY_PRINT is something I use a lot, often in situations
where I don't or cannot use a 3rd party package.
E.g.
- if I abuse 3v4l.org as a php console
- in a one-off single-file cli script
- in a debugging session, or any temporary code.
- if my involvement with the project is not deep enough to justify
adding a dependency

>
> Maybe you can found some solution with packages.

See the last section of my initial message:
>>
>> Why not a userland implementation?
>> E.g. https://packagist.org/packages/riimu/kit-phpencoder
>>
>> var_export() is often used in experimental code or when just playing
>> around, situations where developers usually prefer to avoid adding a
>> 3rd party dependency.
>> Also there is no way to add a 3rd party dependency on e.g. 3v4l.org.
>> And a custom one-off implementation is not what developers should
>> spend their time on (although I did it a few times already).

If we already have a native function that generates PHP code, then we
should expect it to produce usable output..