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Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:08:37 +0000
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Subject: Re: [RFC][Discussion] - list() reference syntax
From: dave@mudsite.com (David Walker)

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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 8:43 AM David Walker <dave@mudsite.com> wrote:

> [Sorry if this is a second time you get this, but email issues and all]
>
> Hi All,
>
> I had mentioned the other day my desire to look at, and attempt
> implementation of allowing by-reference assignment within list()'s.  Andrea
> had created an RFC for this purpose 2+years ago, but withdrew it due to
> problems with implementation with the parsing/compiler of PHP 5.  I've
> taken a shot at implementing this feature within PHP7 and have commandeered
> the RFC and would like to re-open it for discussion.
>
> I've attached to the RFC my current implementation which seems to be
> working in the cases I can think of.  I'd be interested to hear from the
> community about if this feature is still desirable, and if so, if there are
> list() cases that I haven't thought about yet for test cases.
>
> RFC (sorry for awkward formatting, not sure if the issues with links in
> messages & mailinglist are fixed yet):
> http://wiki.php.net/rfc/list_reference_assignment
>
> Cheers
> --
> Dave
>

I'd like to open this RFC to voting in the next week or so.  I know that I
had sent the notice for discussion during the list-serve problems earlier
this month, but there has been limited comment over the past couple weeks.
Unsure if that means there's little interest, or, just missed everyone, or
is perfect as is (!! well, we could hope right?).  So if there's any
discussion now's a good time, otherwise I'd like to open it to voting early
next week.

Cheers
--
Dave

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