>Additionally, I did run into a problem using the + modifier in sprintf():
>while the resulting string is encoded as signed, it prepends a +, which
>seems incorrect to me, such that it's not possible to decode without first
>removing the +:
>
>array_sscanf(sprintf("%-+4c", -65335), "%-+4c");
>(16) Result: ({ /* 1 element */
> -16725717
> })
While prepending the + seems a bit pointless, that's what + does in
sprintf. You don't need to add it to get a "signed" binary number:
> array_sscanf(sprintf("%-4c", -65335), "%-+4c");
(2) Result: ({ /* 1 element */
-65335
})
>
