Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:112968 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 78660 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2021 17:54:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2021 17:54:45 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 038F01804C6 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:35:31 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail-wr1-f52.google.com (mail-wr1-f52.google.com [209.85.221.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:35:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-f52.google.com with SMTP id 7so8155814wrz.0 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:35:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=ozgioM+iBKRlm7sIp4EpIZJOv6+uTwds5XgT+c8REh0=; b=OyDpSdQKfjQm1WsFWA0TLmDoc8dwgiYri6bwahMapN7kKkIqHvdgMbX2CCzYsljzpI v4HzXECRpZvovNuSfViavK1ewnkoFwKTF8it9XK5k6mF0dYq9QmLfdoSlSN0HEXSZJI+ AZn3myQh440pAu1b9U0WT8oPg8+Yt6GyHzUjBV0VttuYmqia9G2MfS60B3eWZ1SgbwfF gAXfc4F6SB/Ez23Y6P9movfRo4Q4z/dzEHTy6GKbRDha4KhkbMN4oz5Qpgc5B6tJtcE4 CRcc1jN3miZklfHhhXJaxmiKBOy0vL73upYtu6mFqPMjsAffr9i/lWfbE6bYV9zJ+H1t e5+A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=ozgioM+iBKRlm7sIp4EpIZJOv6+uTwds5XgT+c8REh0=; b=KB3mewE+U63UK9O+R0e2Mn0881yG+85xC2CI3WQ3KkE9ZrN8mf2huFXLDiD86Ct3W0 b08D0UWNftxRDdMwIszWad3Po/C4alguDHubpFL9ROVBjf32bNDs3L56zn8CJ0zJ9c1S +auDRCVlCYuhyAhKfeQAWIX+OeDApgwZRYi9lgaQzRXJEDi2n9zDWI1XktLH5qooEhgF PiWJXoJipvNRJLC2qycnfAFIczef8knaxYQM6A4NiOz9fWASvhJAIGwQ6Ulto/c3I3y3 vmdTRxhIP/djo10g3cndvwl4g0iQbuqhsLv2fpzwgvv8aScY8o2mZNQIAUdp9pMAVNGW O65g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5316D5lcR3DMbeM02e3i6ch+AJJxdRTFq38HpHDIRKBMZrrWNHS9 Ca8M1LlY466N3bN/nKENfuehGZ9EiwE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwv+Ulz2MwMJi6LmMb/LNzc1roXh7DTDQ6eEBBmtrGqlxctLof6HvEud0z327E0rC/jZx/gCQ== X-Received: by 2002:adf:ed49:: with SMTP id u9mr9984839wro.292.1611423329097; Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:35:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.22] (cpc104104-brig22-2-0-cust548.3-3.cable.virginm.net. [82.10.58.37]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id l14sm2162321wrq.87.2021.01.23.09.35.28 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:35:28 -0800 (PST) To: internals@lists.php.net References: Message-ID: <5ae166a8-378e-b3bc-056a-8ccf4f3a1ddd@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:35:25 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-GB Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] var_representation() : readable alternative to var_export() From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Tommins) On 23/01/2021 00:50, tyson andre wrote: > Hi internals, > > I've created https://wiki.php.net/rfc/readable_var_representation based on > my original proposal in https://externals.io/message/112924 > > This RFC proposes adding a new function `var_representation(mixed $value, int $flags=0): string` My hesitation remains that this is just duplicating existing functionality with only cosmetic differences. As a user of PHP 8.1, how would I decide whether to use print_r, var_dump, var_export, or var_representation? And under what circumstances would I bother to write "var_representation($var, VAR_REPRESENTATION_SINGLE_LINE);"? Regards, -- Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]