Re: Extension proposal
| From: | Antony Dovgal | Date: | Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:19:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Extension proposal | ||
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On 26.10.2007 03:17, Paul Chandler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a very simple extension on SourceForge that I'd like to release with
> PECL. In a nutshell, it's an iterator-based replacement for range(), like
> Python's. It's intended use is within foreach loops. I don't think it'll be
> a high-demand extension, but Python converts might appreciate it.
>
> <?php
> foreach (range(0, 1000000) as $i) // do something
>
> // vs. //
>
> foreach (xrange(0, 1000000) as $i) // do something
> ?>
What's the advantage of it? (except that it's like Python).
Also I don't see any differences from range() in the example code given above.
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Wbr,
Antony Dovgal