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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Argument unpacking
From: yoanlin93@gmail.com (Yo-An Lin)

Laruence <laruence <at> php.net> writes:

> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv <at> gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi internals!
> >
> > This RFC proposes to add a syntax for argument unpacking:
> >
> >     https://wiki.php.net/rfc/argument_unpacking
> >
> > Basically, this is the "complement" of the variadics RFC: It is not about
> > declaring variadic functions, but about calling them.
> >
> > The syntax it introduces looks as follows:
> >
> >     $db->query($query, ...$params);
> seems so weird and ugly..
> 
> -1

I totally agree.. the syntax design doesn't look quiet right.  it isn't
readable and ugly.

Since it's unpacking the arguments from the caller, the "..." should be put
after the $params. e.g.

    $db->query($query, $params...);

the above approach is also used in Go.

Cheers,
c9s
https://github.com/c9s