[flohofwoe]

Replacing the string memory layout in operating system APIs is more similar to changing the track width on an existing railroad network, across the whole world.

It may be a good idea from a theoretical standpoint, but once you start calculating the cost it simply doesn't make sense.

[kortex]

Obviously not with that attitude. I'm not even talking about back-porting. I'm saying going forward, in new drivers and extensions, and new growth where it makes sense to do so.

There's even plenty of means for backwards-compatible strings and arrays, such as sds.

But really the point was more to "this should have really been addressed decades ago."

https://github.com/antirez/sds

[pjmlp]

Liability and lawsuits due to security exploits will take care of that.

Thankfully they are starting to pick up.