memcache(3) 1.2.0 released...

[Sean Chittenden]

>> Sure, but an empty string is not the same as a FALSE if I am storing
>> both and considering them distinct.  I know about ===.  But I want to
>> get exactly what I store back from memcached, if I store an '' or a
>> FALSE then I should get exactly a '' or a FALSE in return and when I
>> test with === it should match up.
>
> As i understand, memcached only stores and retrives strings and does 
> not
> handle anything else, for example boolean. That's because internally,
> memcached stores raw bytes and a length, but does not store a type of
> data.
> The only Right Way i see here is to store TRUE and FALSE as "1" and "0"
> strings.

*bzzt*  Close, but not quite.  Store true and false as 1 and 0, but 
don't forget about the client flags.  :)  1 can be an integer or a 
string, or a boolean depending on the client flags.  That field should 
really be broken down into two fields, data flags, and data type, but I 
digress...  -sc

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Sean Chittenden