Re: ++$i++ (was Re: [PHP-DEV] call_builtin_function_array() possible?)
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:11:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: ++$i++ (was Re: [PHP-DEV] call_builtin_function_array() possible?) | ||
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Cynic wrote:
> I recently needed to process every other element of a
> numerically indexed array.
> for( $i = 0 ; $i < count( $a ) ; $x = $a[ ++$i++ ] )
> would have saved me one statement. I had to use
> for( $i = 0 ; $i < count( $a ) ; $x = $a[ $i++ ] , $i++ )
> I know, this is an 'issue' so tiny I can laugh at it, but
> anyway...
You know, this is not C, you are not going to save 0.2 microseconds of
execution time by writing obscure code like this. Even in C this is not
encouraged.
-Andrei
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