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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Gauging Interest:RFC to add map() function
From: morrison.levi@gmail.com (Levi Morrison)

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On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Jeremy Curcio <j.curcio@icloud.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to submit an RFC to add a new function to the PHP language.
> The function would be called "map()". The purpose of this function would be
> to take an existing value within a range and make it to a corresponding
> location within a new range.
>

The functionality provided is uncommon but perhaps usefu. However, I am
*very* against the name `map` which has a very established meaning in the
programming world; others have already mentioned this but I felt I should
mention it again.

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