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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:43:32 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] deprecation status of $str{42} versus $str[42]
From: chrisstocktonaz@gmail.com ("Chris Stockton")

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On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:21 AM, Steph Fox <steph@phparch.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
>  Seems like you are missing some PHP programming basics. Strings are not an
>> array of chars, please go back to making ping pong in java c# or whatever
>> other little comp sci classes you took. PHP is not any of them.
>> Foreach("foo" as $key => $char) {}, after learning, please be quiet and
>> let
>> andi answer my question on his ideas he had for improvements to the
>> existing
>> and once favored syntax.
>>
>
> Please, keep this kind of personal abuse off the core development list. It
> adds absolutely nothing to the debate, and we're all very, very bored with
> it


I was trying to have a productive discussion on the topic, his response is
the one that added no value, was nothing but a troll.

Anyways, I like the fact my response brought up iterating strings, which I
think as far as code points or bytes etc, go, really its the same problem as
$str{0} on a Unicode string, im sure PHP6 will fix this with Unicode
strings. Still, I wish this was not being removed I have a lot of legacy
code around that uses it and am sure many companies do as well, and it has
always felt more correct _to_me_ but it is what it is. Case closed I guess.

-Chris

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