Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:76613 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 53638 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2014 20:18:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 17 Aug 2014 20:18:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=php@golemon.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=php@golemon.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (pb1.pair.com: domain golemon.com does not designate 209.85.192.171 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: php@golemon.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.192.171 mail-pd0-f171.google.com Received: from [209.85.192.171] ([209.85.192.171:55207] helo=mail-pd0-f171.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id EA/33-28428-DFD01F35 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:18:06 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f171.google.com with SMTP id z10so6228893pdj.2 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9RxEx489KTOzsGn/GAH+5Vl+Iu77SWXRAAe55ClEYt0=; b=f6+QgSTMQf5xa82fNd800jThTEUNOyB1mwUt3EF/KIo/0xGqTjYAm3DKTF2JC2mvzp LrOLP7iAar5UMzui1HiwRb2seFX4EmatPHyoj/m/FAAzGVIsAvRtcxoQ5WmwUgOBGejr U0zU2de6nZv8nLKpEphaolZrjhEaakHQUrPMgCZk3RSdrmgXPmAsGr7Lz0Wn1+NM6bGO 0xUT9DcuJk7HvskqqX5laPBU/NwJkZw4OAj5D/uzHxyHXW+BiipQayv5fjxFf/Xv7Icq LFrVpBcN7wUgwUtqnmU6k7MY9NaZP//9oEJ4HgWfZN0tlC9A+kDQtfZyOizz1N1e/0Yr Acsw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlrbk3NAr1RY1TLibOlIex++yx8RsfSDMYXDVM3Tk9ztCORkgDOCD8Gbz+YfscpU27kED2M MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.70.7.164 with SMTP id k4mr36354490pda.6.1408306683291; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: php@golemon.com Received: by 10.70.95.37 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:18:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [69.63.185.56] In-Reply-To: <53F1094B.4040100@mabe.berlin> References: <53F1094B.4040100@mabe.berlin> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:18:03 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: v_s3HAOWiYbySVN-hg5ihoS2TCc Message-ID: To: Marc Bennewitz Cc: PHP internals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Binary String Comparison From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon) On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Marc Bennewitz wrote: > I've created a draft RFC and patch to change the behavior of non-strict > string to string comparison to be binary safe (as the strict comparison > operator does): > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/binary_string_comparison > If I understand your goal correctly, you seem to want to change a very fundamental (and ancient) behavior of the language even though mechanisms already exist to do what you describe as the "changed behavior". What exactly is wrong with ===, strcmp(), etc..? -Sara