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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:36:14 +0100
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To: Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] array_seek function
From: felix.devliegher@gmail.com (Felix De Vliegher)

On 17-mrt-2010, at 19:09, Derick Rethans wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Felix De Vliegher wrote:
>=20
>> On 17-mrt-2010, at 17:52, Derick Rethans wrote:
>>=20
>>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Felix De Vliegher wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> On 17-mrt-2010, at 17:27, Frederic Hardy wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Why not use arrayIterator::seek() ?
>>>>=20
>>>> Because the functionality isn't exactly the same.=20
>>>> ArrayIterator::seek() only sets the array pointer, array_seek would=20=

>>>> also return the value + have fseek()-like functionality with the=20
>>>> SEEK_* consts and optional negative offsets.
>>>=20
>>> To be honest, I'd rather have the proposed array_seek() return a =
status=20
>>> whether the seek worked or not. Notices are uncool and you can =
already=20
>>> retrieve data/key with key() and current().=20
>>>=20
>>=20
>> Update: http://phpbenelux.eu/array_seek-return.patch.txt
>> I've kept the fseek()-style return values (0 when fine, -1 when seek =
fails)
>=20
> Any reason why you picked that over the (IMO more logical) true/false=20=

> approach?

No, just to keep it similar to fseek(). Either way works for me.

Felix=