cakephp/cakephp — pull request #1262 by markstory (2013-05-02 02:30:48+00:00)
Title: 3.0 Add support for fixed length strings.

This flag is useful for indicating the difference between varchar + char fields. In some databases (mysql) the performance characteristics between char & varchar are important.

Having fixed length strings also enables us to better preserve schema details when generating fixtures and reflecting schema.