Re: AW: AW: [PHP-DEV] arrays

From: Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:41:39 +0000
Subject: Re: AW: AW: [PHP-DEV] arrays
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[Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>] > At 13:34 16/5/2001, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote: > >Acknowledged. But IMO the arrays will be either clearly continous or > >clearly associative/non-continous in 99.2% of the cases (Zeev > >statistics applied). > > I never claim to be accurate, I usually say 99% :) I don't either, my random generator just has a higher resolution. :-) > > I think it's fine to keep treating an array as > >non-continous if there has ever been holes or string keys in it. > > I actually think that arrays with both numeric and associative indices > are quite common. Lots of apps I've seen use them, as well as some of > PHP's internal functions. You're probably right. But the question is really how often arrays change between being continous and associative/mixed/non-continous? - Stig -- Stig Sæther Bakken <ssb@fast.no> Fast Search & Transfer ASA, Trondheim, Norway

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