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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:31:19 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] re: removing an item from an array
From: rasmus@mindplay.dk (Rasmus Schultz)

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Thank you, but this isn't really anything like what I had in mind.

What I had in mind is more like set-semantics for arrays, e.g. designed to
work with sets of distinct values/objects.

Since I do not have permission to write on the wiki, I posted an initial
draft here:

https://gist.github.com/321ad9b4b8c4e1713488


On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 2012/8/21 Rasmus Schultz <rasmus@mindplay.dk>:
> > I have a login (mindplay) but I do not have permission to post or edit
> > anything on the wiki...
>
> I've created RFC for this
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_delete
>
> Get wiki account and finish discussion.
> I may write patch for this with my spare time, but
> it may take while to find time. I suggest write patch
> and send pull request.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Yasuo Ohgaki
> yohgaki@ohgaki.net
>
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Will Fitch <willfitch@php.net> wrote:
> >
> >> 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,
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Yasuo Ohgaki
> >>> yohgaki@ohgaki.net
> >>>
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