list() limitations

Hello, the following behavior seems odd: $foo = array('a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'banana'); // Notice - Undefined offset: 1 // Notice - Undefined offset: 0 list($a,$b) = $foo; // This of course works as expected while(list(,$ab) = each($foo)) { print $ab; } I recently documented this numerical requirement (starting at 0) as a <note> but find it odd. This is mentioned as a bug in a few places but I can't find any closed reports. It's a pretty good feature request, right? Regards, Philip