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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Indexing an array
From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes")

On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:33:18 +0100, mathieu.suen  
<mathieu.suen@easyflirt.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For now you can only index an array using a scalar type or a string.
> Is there some rfc or work going on to enlarge the possibility so that it
> is possible to have some other object like:
>
> - closure
> - object
> - etc.

I think the problem with that is how you are going to generate the hash of  
arbitrary objects in order to store them in the hash table. It's not like  
all PHP objects have a hashCode() method.

So the only plausible option would be to attribute the same hash to all  
and the test all for equality on an insertion with a new key or in the  
worst case scenario for updates and reads.

-- 
Gustavo Lopes