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Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:17:50 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][VOTE] Binary String Deprecation
From: danack@basereality.com (Dan Ackroyd)

On 16 February 2017 at 10:14, Fran=C3=A7ois Laupretre <flaupretre@free.fr> =
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> the 'binary string' flag may become useful again.... I prefer keeping it.

Interestingly, that's why I voted yes.

If we want the binary string to be re-purposed in the future it needs
to be deprecated in a version before the version that it is re-used.

However it could probably wait until there is a clear plan of what to
do with strings.

cheers
Dan