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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:51:23 -0700
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To: Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Internal iteration API
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>wrote:

> Johannes,
>
> One thing to keep in mind when doing this is to think about consistency.
> >
>
> I think that's a huge point not to be taken lightly. For that reason, I
> think that this API should not be used for any of the array_* functions.
> Meaning that array_sum(), etc should all take arrays only.
>
> Then, other non-array functions (such as str_replace, etc) can be modified
> to use this new method.
>
> Just my $0.02 anyway...
>
> Sounds like everyone agrees the API is useful, just question marks over
which existing methods should profit by it.

To add my $0.02, it'd be nice to work in a zend_parse_parameters() type for
this.  Keep extension code clean and ensures any temporary iterators get
destructed.

-Sara

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