Re: foreach() and list()

I didn't say anything about my preferences as to if it should or should not be implemented. From my point of view, this is basically a non-issue. At 13:12 16.12. 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >I don't know. Personally I think this feature rates with high WTF factor rating. It may >save some keystrokes, but it's not very intuitive IMHO. > > >At 13:32 16/12/2000, Cynic wrote: >>what about preserving the way PHP behaves when feeded >>non-array to list()? >> >>$x = 'xy' ; >>list( $a , $b ) = $x ; >>echo '$a:' ; var_dump( $a ) ; >>echo '$b:' ; var_dump( $b ) ; >> >>$a:string(1) "x" >>$b:string(1) "y" >> >>$x = 12 ; >>list( $a , $b ) = $x ; >>echo '$a:' ; var_dump( $a ) ; >>echo '$b:' ; var_dump( $b ) ; >> >>$a:NULL >>$b:NULL >> >>class x { var $f = 'f' ; var $g = 'g' ;} >>$x = new x ; >>list( $a , $b ) = $x ; >>echo '$a:' ; var_dump( $a ) ; >>echo '$b:' ; var_dump( $b ) ; >> >>$a:NULL >>$b:NULL >> >> >>At 10:29 16.12. 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote the following: >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>>And if it doesn't...? >>> >>>Zeev >>> >>>At 08:27 16/12/2000, Andrei Zmievski wrote: >>>>At 03:58 AM 12/16/00 +0200, Zeev Suraski wrote: >>>>>What would that do? >>>>> >>>>>At 23:03 15/12/2000, Andrei Zmievski wrote: >>>>>>Can we support the following syntax? >>>>>> >>>>>>foreach ($array as list($val1, $val2, $val3)) { >>>>>> ... >>>>>>} >>>>>> >>>>>>I think it could be useful in a number of situations. >>>> >>>>If $array has nested arrays, it would assign the values of those to the list() >>>>variables, equivalent to: >>>> >>>>foreach ($array as $inner_array) { >>>> list($val1, $val2, $val3) = $inner_array; >>>>} >>>> >>>>-Andrei >>> >>>-- >>>Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> >>>CTO & co-founder, Zend Technologies Ltd. >>>http://www.zend.com/ >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >>>For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net >>>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >>> >>------end of quote------ >> >> >> >>____________________________________________________________ >>Cynic: >> >>A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught >>that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is >>the essential part of virtue. >> >>cynic@mail.cz >>ICQ: 2808 2505 > >-- >Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> >CTO & co-founder, Zend Technologies Ltd. http://www.zend.com/˜…Ð8[7í™± >®°ˆÆL > ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz ICQ: 2808 2505