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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Why there is no StreamWrapper interface ?
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020, at 3:25 PM, Benjamin Morel wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 at 19:28, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:
>=20
> > Honestly, I kind of regard the state of PHP's filesystem libraries t=
o be
> > one big hot mess.  I'd really much rather redesign them from the gro=
und up
> > with some BC shims to avoid breaking the world, but I lack the drive=
 to
> > make that happen at the moment.
> >
> > -Sara
> >
>=20
> There have been some attempts (including mine) to design a better
> abstraction on top of current PHP filesystem functions, which would be=
 a
> good start, but I think what's missing the most currently is a good AP=
I to
> get inspiration from.
> Is there a filesystem library in another language that is considered
> state-of-the-art at the moment?
>=20
> =E2=80=94 Benjamin

I have heard very positive things about Rust's file system API, but have=
 no experience with it myself.

--Larry Garfield