On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 09:20 +0300, Arvids Godjuks wrote:
> 2008/6/14 Chris Stockton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >
> > I personally have always used {} for string offsets because it just felt
> > right. [] seems like it is for arrays, for me, using it on strings makes me
> > feel dirty.
> >
> > Could we maybe visit some of the ideas you have had with {} syntax offering
> > some benefit? That I do not completely understand and would be nice to know
> > what you mean.
> >
> > Maybe something like built in substr? since it wouldn't break existing use
> > of {}, tough thing is the ambiguity between {1} regular and {1} substr,
> > dunno:
> > $str = "abcdef";
> > $result = $str{1}; // returns b, but substr would be something like bcdef
> > $result = $str{1, 2} // returns bc, this we know what to return for sure
> > $result = $str{1,} // maybe to make up for lack of {1} returning remaining
> > portion, its a little ugly almost feels like a syntax error
> >
> > Just trying to figure out how you could have technical benefit with it,
> > maybe you just meant performance optimization or something.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
>
> String is an array of chars, always was and is such in any programming
> language. So I see argument for {} as missing knowledge for some programming
> basics.
>
> And I don't understand why are you arguing on this. This was decided for
> removal long ago - so just do it.
You must have skipped some of the messages in this thread... such as the
following one:
http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=121315757406465&w=2
Cheers,
Rob.
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