Re: RFC: Add `final class Vector` to PHP

Hi Tyson, On Sat, 18 Sept 2021 at 16:46, tyson andre <tysonandre775@hotmail.com> wrote: > Many of php's names are based on the naming choices in libraries made in > C/C++. > So using https://cplusplus.com/reference/vector/vector/ for my > RFC > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/vector > seems like the most natural naming choice, > and would make it easier for people with backgrounds in that family of > languages to find the functionality they're looking for. > PHP already has a SplStack, SplQueue, etc, like C++'s stack÷Æ­¹P® > Ù„Ã:ûWÆ, queue, > etc. > That is a fair point. Vector is an overloaded and common word. For me a vector will always default to an entity characterized by a magnitude and a direction, because that's what I learned and used for years. The next definition I learned was the Numpy one. That for me is the sticking point if this Vector allows mixed types which include arrays or vectors. Store them inside a Vector and then you end up with a matrix, a tensor and so-on in something identified as a Vector, which is nonsense. Yes C++ does that [1]. Yes with generics it sort-of makes sense. Numpy gets round it by calling the type ndarray and a vector is a specialised one-dimensional array. If it's a high-performance array and that's the goal, call it hparray. Call it a tuple. Call it a dictionary. > Also, your comment is ambiguous. Are you saying that you personally object > to the name, > or that you're fine with the name but think that the comments by > Larry/Chris/Pierre in this email thread are representative of voters. > Both. I object to the name for what's being proposed, but am not necessarily against what's being proposed if it looks more useful than the Spl* stuff. I'm fine with the name but for something other than what's being proposed. HTH Peter 1. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/vector-of-vectors-in-c-stl-with-examples/