Re: More than one values returned?

On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 17:04 -0500, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > i for one have mixed feelings on this issue. > im tempted to agree w/ nick, but not entirely. > my stance is this; implementing the iterator or > related interfaces is transparent to client code; > namely you can still use for each to traverse the > collection. > you also get to do things during the iteration, that > would have to be done in client space otherwise. > now, this isnt always appropriate, maybe not even > most of the time, but this is handy in many occasions; > here is such an example; > > http://propel.phpdb.org/docs/api/1.3/runtime/propel-util/CriterionIterator.html > furthermore; i like the idea of a named group object; > not to the point of absurdity; eg; implementing strings in > php, rob; i get you point, but there are plenty of uses for > an aggregate object within reason. I wholeheartedly agree that there are plenty of uses for aggregate objects, collections even. The argument though, is whether using arrays is poor design. I'll leave it at this since I don't disagree with the whole tenet of collections or grouping objects etc. I only disagree with the assertion about arrays. > and btw; your narratives are are just damned hilarious rob ;) Take that Ted... I'm quitting my day job!! :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'