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 Content preview:  On 31.08.20 20:13, Riikka Kalliomäki wrote: > Another similar
    problem with creating array copies is the detection of > "indexed" arrays
    (as opposed to associative arrays). I'm looking forward to an answer from
    someone proficient in this area because _I think_ the engine _internally_
    keeps track of this for performance optimizations, though I don't think it
    exposes it. [...] 
 
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for couple memory optimized array improvements
From: markus@fischer.name (Markus Fischer)

On 31.08.20 20:13, Riikka Kalliomäki wrote:
> Another similar problem with creating array copies is the detection of
> "indexed" arrays (as opposed to associative arrays).

I'm looking forward to an answer from someone proficient in this area 
because _I think_ the engine _internally_ keeps track of this for 
performance optimizations, though I don't think it exposes it.

- Markus