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To: Eddie Kohler <kohler@seas.harvard.edu>, PHP Internals
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] New functions `hash_serialize` and `hash_unserialize`?
From: johannes@schlueters.de (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

On Mon, 2020-06-08 at 09:01 -0400, Eddie Kohler wrote:
> I'm writing to gauge interest in two new functions to the PHP `hash`
> extension, `hash_serialize` and `hash_unserialize`. These functions
> would serialize and unserialize the internals of a HashContext
> objectallowing a partially-computed hash to be saved, then restored
> and completed in a laterrun.

I would suggest to make the HashContext Serializable, then 

    serialize($hash_context);

works. Then it also fits when stored in other objects or something ...

johannes