Re: Re: is_array_multidimensional
| From: | Stig Venaas | Date: | Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:42:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: is_array_multidimensional | ||
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On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:13:11PM +0200, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> I agree with Jim. Arrays can contain "things". Things can also be other
> arrays. You can have an array which contains two other arrays and four
> integers. I don't think we should add these functions because they are
> wrong *especially* the is_array_multidimensional().
Agree
> Of course, if there's a good reason to have them and we're all convinced
> that the reasons are good we could add them.
> Can you please roll back that patch and open up a discussion with examples
> of why this functionality is needed? It might even lead to a different
> solution.
One solution (not so sure I like it myself), could be a function that
tells whether an array contains values of a given type. Then you could
check if the array contained an array (or any other type). I've never
had a use for such myself.
Stig