Req #76613 [NEW]: Argument unpacking: Add support for associative arrays

From: nowm at yandex dot ru Operating system: any PHP version: 5.6.36 Package: Arrays related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Argument unpacking: Add support for associative arrays Description: ------------ This request is related to any PHP 5.6+ When you pass an associative array for argument unpacking (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/argument_unpacking), you get a fatal error, "Cannot unpack array with string keys". As I see, there are no reasons to limit unpacking to only numeric arrays. For example, it does not use numeric keys for ordering values, so key type has no any sense: <?php $array = [1 => 'b', 2 => 'c', 0 => 'a']; // Outputs "b c a", not "a b c" // It shows that array unpacking does not rely on keys at all var_dump(...$array); Test script: --------------- <?php $array = ['a' => 'one', 'b' => 'two', 'c' => 'three']; var_dump(...$array); Expected result: ---------------- string(3) "one" string(3) "two" string(5) "three" Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot unpack array with string keys in Standard input code:5 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76613&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76613&r=mysqlcfg