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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal: Array syntax
From: php@hristov.com (Andrey Hristov)

Jaap van Ganswijk wrote:

>At 2003-11-05 09:59 +0100, Michael Walter wrote:
>  
>
>>Very cool.
>>
>>How about supporting .. syntax, btw. as in [1..3] or ["a".."z"]? Might no be the worth, just thinking out loud ;)
>>    
>>
>
>I'm also in favor of a shorter notation for array() and list().
>
>In fact this also helps to ease the problem I have
>with 'foreach ($A as $I=>$d)', because it would
>then be possible to write: while ([$i,$d]=each($A)).
>  
>
Do you know that while(list(..,..) = each($ar))
is kinda "deprecated". You should consider using
foreach() which is clearer and the fastest way to
traverse an array. while() + each() + list() is the
old way (evermore, you have not to forget to reset()
your array before the traversal - foreach() does not
need this step).

Andrey

>It's still not as short as I'd like it to be:
>'while ($i=>$d in $A)', but it's already a lot
>better.
>
>I'd also like to see ranges supported and propose
>to add notations for inclusive and non-inclusive
>ranges as:
>1..3 inclusive at both ends so equal to 1,2,3
>  
>
>1.<3 non inclusive at the end so equal to 1,2
>1>.3 non inclusive at the beginning so equal to 2,3
>1><3 non inclusive at both ends so equal to 2
>  
>
Use the range() function. PHP is more close to C than to
Pascal in my opinion. The language should be simple the
standard library should be rich (IMO).


Andrey