Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:112380 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 36725 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2020 18:48:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2020 18:48:22 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF57F1804DD for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 10:16:04 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail-qv1-f48.google.com (mail-qv1-f48.google.com [209.85.219.48]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2020 10:16:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-qv1-f48.google.com with SMTP id ec16so1154996qvb.0 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:16:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=yn3jbF3IBkyx/o3SkTCrERGu0/tke+fiAyl805VoY78=; b=lCeTxBpd9YiiN0ixgWJCmrjo/zfti/j7OaZ+s9PxgW0miQ4QII9Y5NxmR1AaA0jmvL K0xdcbqTWVSgcVjvmYqu/vzEGWeQSEdS2VmccDTMMbRhIKGyGm8JUCVe/0V7RBf8X5Nm hpANhHkuZK7XDqkHk4+L3SJAhpHQMBosATvuqb/GbzbK49/JacOdmn2lTqlPcAS/nMEg 4Ea3Z1Qng7/vZte51/sTA7bPM1t/OrfhenyQzDZRnMmGmdKjXUYtQo02s0bavRL8zaOu IDHD7BqN6w86LDagB8hHlaKgs/F51x67aFbWilBLZa7W7CRuOPxlCqyXQfMw271bsx84 BgqQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=yn3jbF3IBkyx/o3SkTCrERGu0/tke+fiAyl805VoY78=; b=WuaJPXWDw87yqNSc53ECybqvgHOjuLYhbQ2r0KlU1J5JBC9wtKMK3G/8wBrdefwFFU 44NdT+vOwLtvWc1nqZXFGhM5amHQa5Q0pvbDPGJVX0eS7t59uHcFUIWmwPatxODQy9my vA12ieEDMwhnsywi7TfTTywfSiHPQpRuH1AOJGoV+Q2T28QZwOyCaB/qP2A44m0Ze1TQ xUNixbsh4Yq4CAys2u911SV8rX7q2yHnY41NJf2RFGI7CFNAPtQ8cTAIYrI6KVtIrEW2 ad65R7OEj601wvmQV/3WwrbxDK3C2iV6pNeiafyGVpKzOKT/cT/FYJr1/43VffgD3qyr NQfg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5330F0sq5WDUSBsPTgeDsdaK9i5OdlUxqkw6pkBNE1sSgMTHggzS MpxFg7XDxvJZUrKLblg6RrbjrUTXVGkL1oyDG6M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyJ8cpIvVjkGOek75QG2iUwqlCsKPuM8t2JX08JBEbPtPNo0tbaL3LKJvVYqAqTw55h6JZiSzrCAt4TfJ5snaA= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:c348:: with SMTP id j8mr3881603qvi.40.1606932960761; Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:16:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:15:44 -0700 Message-ID: To: "G. P. B." Cc: Florian Stascheck , PHP internals Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Suggestion: Inconsistency: Allow array spread operator to work on string keys From: cja987@gmail.com (Chuck Adams) On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:46 AM G. P. B. wrote: > The reason why this has been deferred is because of which semantics should > be used for duplicate string keys. > > Do we use the addition between two arrays semantics or the array_merge() > semantics? See: https://3v4l.org/7QbWv array_merge is the only one that makes sense. Addition of positional arrays is nonsensical: [1,2,3] + [4,5,6] ===> [1,2,3] As for named keys, every other language with a similar construct (perl, python, javascript) uses array_merge semantics. Truth is I'm sorely disappointed that + works like it does, but there's no fixing it now. --c