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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Vibe check: array shapes
To: Alwin Garside <alwin@garsi.de>, PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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From: tim@bastelstu.be (=?UTF-8?Q?Tim_D=C3=BCsterhus?=)

Hi

On 2/28/25 23:52, Alwin Garside wrote:
> Anyway, I would love to try and push this idea forward – either by contacting Kacpar, or writing my own RFC – and have a shot at implementing a proof of concept, but first I would like to get a feel for whether this proposal would find much footing here.

I guess the pattern matching RFC could be the solution to what you are 
looking for and I suggest to have a look:

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pattern-matching

and

https://externals.io/message/123701

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus