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		tottenhm on Jan 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's New in PHP 8.1 In fairness, it does give choices -- https://www.php.net/manual/en/spl.datastructures.php

duskwuff on Jan 30, 2021 [–]

The SPL data structures are widely considered a mistake. They're awkwardly designed, cannot be type-hinted, and often perform worse than pure-PHP alternatives.

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