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Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 09:23:45 +0200
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To: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RE: [RFC] Fast Parameter Parsing API
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:
> I think the main challenge is the fact it turns what today is a one-liner
> (albeit a bit obscure) into a long multi-line all-caps gig.   I=E2=80=99v=
e tried to
> think about alternatives but so far came short with something that
> elegantly solves the problem, short of using C++ which I think goes too f=
ar
> in the context of what we=E2=80=99re trying to achieve.
>
>
>
> I=E2=80=99ll do some more thinking=E2=80=A6

One thing I did not look at yet (too many things to catch up with :)
is how we could solve two problems in one shot.

Hannes and other mentioned the pain it is to maintain the parameters
information in two or three places, reflection structs, inline doc and
zpp. It could be possible to use the reflection struct for argument
parsing, while adding support for types and maybe named arguments
while being at it. Just a thought, I have to investigate this idea, or
anyone else with some more available time :)

Cheers,
--=20
Pierre

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