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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: __set_state (Was: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] __debug_info())
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Yasuo Ohgaki wrote (on 23/01/2014):
>> You seem to misunderstand what __set_state() is for. It is for reliably
>> >representing a value so that you can "include" it's contents with
>> >var_export(). If 5.6 would suddenly start spitting out
>> >Class::__setState() instead of Classs::__set_state() then older PHP
>> >versions can't parse/include that outputted data anymore.
>> >
> I have to check code, but don't we have options for this?
> We may use __set_state() for var_export and still have alias as __setState.
> People are using var_export exchange PHP data, so we should be careful.
> I agree this.

Is there a use case for __set_state *other than* var_export()?

In other words, if not var_export(), what code would ever include a 
reference to __setState() if it were added as an alias?

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]