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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:01:09 -0400
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To: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net>
Cc: Etienne Kneuss <colder@php.net>, internals@lists.php.net, 
	Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com>, Herman Radtke <hermanradtke@gmail.com>, 
	Rasmus Schultz <rasmus@mindplay.dk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] re: removing an item from an array
From: willfitch@php.net (Will Fitch)

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Please let this die until someone is serious enough to come up with an rfc.
This has been nothing but counterproductive arguing. If someone feels
strongly about it, write an rfc then we can discuss?
On Aug 20, 2012 7:53 PM, "Yasuo Ohgaki" <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2012/8/21 Herman Radtke <hermanradtke@gmail.com>:
> >>> May be we should have something like
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> array_delete_if($array, function($v, $k=null) { if ($v == 300) return
> >> >> true; })
> >> >
> >> > So array_filter?
> >>
> >> I'll use it or like for deleting, but the point of this thread is
> >> "intuitive function for deleting element(s)"
> >>
> >> array_delete($array, $value|callable)
> >>
> >> would be nicer for users, perhaps.
> >
> >
> > You are basically asking to alias array_filter with "array_delete". That
> is
> > a very slippery slope. I think array_filter is very a very obvious
> choice to
> > remove something from an array. The "filter" function/method is common in
> > functional languages (and functional frameworks like Underscore).
> >
> > These are things developers just need to learn as part of development.
> > Really, this is entire thread should be on stack overflow, not internals.
>
> I guess you haven't read later post.
>
> You've also made a novice mistake.
> array_filter() DO NOT delete elements, but creates new array.
> array_delete() is another form of array_walk(), not array_filter().
> See my posts.
>
> Having a API for dedicated task is good thing.
> Who would argue array_pop()/array_push() isn't needed?
>
> Regards,
>
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> Yasuo Ohgaki
> yohgaki@ohgaki.net
>
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