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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 19:17:53 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Allow Iterator to be used with current, next, reset,key
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From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 31.10.2016 at 18:27m Larry Garfield wrote:

> On 10/31/2016 11:26 AM, Alice Wonder wrote:
>
>> On 10/30/2016 10:19 AM, Rowan Collins wrote:
>>
>>> - deprecate reset(), end(), each(), and key()
>>> - introduce array_first(), array_last(), array_first_key() and
>>> array_last_key()
>>> - document replacements for whatever other use cases we can find
>>> examples of
>>
>> As a user I certainly like those names better. Semantic function names
>> are a definite win in my view.
> 
> Question: Now that we have "iterable" as a type, should we be adding
> more array-specific functions or should such operations be designed, and
> named, to operate on any iterable?  (first(), first_key(), etc.)

According to the earlier discussion it is not clear if we want these
functions to operate on Iterables (consider Generators).  Anyhow, we
probably can't introduce a function named first() for BC reasons.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker