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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:44:24 +0000
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To: melfar <melfar@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Regarding constructions like func()[0]
From: rquadling@googlemail.com (Richard Quadling)

2009/11/7 melfar <melfar@gmail.com>:
> Hey,
>
> Yep, I think there might be some caveats to that change.
> The original patch did not work on methods, so I've fixed that and also
> made the return value an rvalue, so that you can't attempt to modify the
> temporary value, the zend_check_writable_variable guard will yield an error.
>
> The updated patch can be found at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50003
>
> I've also heard an opinion that adding this construction is just going to
> make things more
> complicated, but take this: chained -> operators are supported for return
> values and I'm only seeing code getting simpler because of that.
>
> Br,
> -melfar
>
> "mm w" <0xcafefeed@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Melfar, from my point of view I am totally to make this a legal
>> call like in python or ruby java,
>> as I liked compact code I liked to avoid temp vars especially on a
>> read-only call, but it might require some effort there and the final
>> patch might be not so simple, anyway this is a community call, what I
>> can say about this kind of missing feature "sometimes, I can hear in
>> my office" : "PHP is a retarded language, PHP sucks or worst", my
>> point there, that is sometimes good to listen to people who are not
>> "passionate" by the language but just using it to do their job and be
>> paid.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 3:42 AM, melfar <melfar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I have filed a bug (suggestion) at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=50003
>>> What do you think about enabling such a constructions in future versions
>>> of
>>> php?
>>>
>>> Br,
>>> -melfar
>>>
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Whilst you are all thinking about this, how about ...

$value = (function(){return $x;})();

Being able to call an anonymous function inline would certainly be a
useful mechanism. Allowing calls without creating dummy user land vars
would be consistent with func()[0].

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