On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 7:21 PM Tim Düsterhus <t...@bastelstu.be> wrote: > > Hi > > On 6/17/22 18:06, Guilliam Xavier wrote: > >> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/8819 > > > > Just so that it can't be said that it hasn't been asked: what about > > iterator_count(), and iterator_apply()? > > I also came across those, while implementing the PR, but I intentionally > did not touch them to keep the scope simple and because I think they are > less likely to be used generally.
Okay :) > - `iterator_apply()` is easily replaced by a foreach loop, because the > return value is pretty useless, so it is not likely that a nested > function call is going to be used. Well the same could be said about `array_walk()`... but anyway :p > - For `iterator_count()` one could to `count(iterator_to_array($foo))` > if my proposal is merged. This come with a bit of overhead, but at least > it's not as clunky as `is_array($foo) ? $foo : iterator_to_array($foo)` or as `is_array($foo) ? count($foo) : iterator_count($foo)`, for that matter ;) > If a RFC is desired, then I'd likely include all three of them with a > vote for each, but I hope my proposal is simple enough to not require an > RFC. Well I won't be the one asking for an RFC ^^ (and you're right that the `array_*` functions are far more numerous and [at least in my experience] used than the `iterator_*` ones) -- Guilliam Xavier -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
