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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] array_column() function
From: mjpelmear@gmail.com (Matt Pelmear)

Hi,

On 01/12/2013 07:34 AM, Ben Ramsey wrote:
>
> 2) Developers coming from other languages (Ruby, JavaScript, etc.) 
> will instantly recognize array_pluck(). It's what they'll be looking 
> for to do the same thing, but they won't be looking for array_column().
>
> -Ben
>

When I have to write JavaScript (for example), I end up doing google 
searches like "javascript php array_keys" and always find what I'm 
looking for without a problem. I really think the alias just adds confusion.

Clint's argument for "pluck" being a verb and "column" being a noun 
makes some sense to me, however "plucking" would imply, to me, that the 
data is being removed from the source, as opposed to copied from it. As 
google says: "Pluck: Take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from 
its place".

Also, "array_column" is certainly consistent with other function names 
in PHP (array_keys(), values(), key(), etc.), which also refer to a set 
of data within the array data structure, whereas "pluck" sounds very 
much like a carryover from Ruby and Prototype.


-Matt