Re: [RFC] Array unpacking with string keys
| From: | Larry Garfield | Date: | Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:18:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Array unpacking with string keys | ||
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2021, at 5:30 AM, Nikita Popov wrote:
> Hi internals,
>
> I'd like to propose that string keys be allowed when unpacking into arrays:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_unpacking_string_keys
>
> Especially as unpacking in calls supports string keys now, I believe it is
> time to drop this limitation for arrays as well.
>
> Regards,
> Nikita
Hard yes. I ran into a case just yesterday (while doing some sample code for immutability) when I
wanted to merge associative arrays this way and the alternate was much yuckier.
--Larry Garfield