Re: [RFC] [Under Discussion] Random Extension Improvement

From: Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:39:45 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] [Under Discussion] Random Extension Improvement
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> Hi Internals. > > Random Extension 5.x has been accepted by a vote of 20(+1)/0. (I made a > mistake in timing the closing of the vote and thus received one more vote) > Therefore, voting on the Random Extension Improvement RFC will begin on > 2022-07-02 as scheduled. > > Please check the RFC. This is the last chance to improve the implementation. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/random_extension_improvement Hi, I just realized a little thing: in the array_rand() example, for $beforeSingle, it would probably be "more realistic" to omit , 1 (which is already the default for $num). Note: for Randomizer::pickArrayKeys(array $array, int $num): array, it makes sense that $num does *not* have a default value (1 would be "weird" because the method always returns a *list of keys*, and count($array) [via null] would be "useless" because keys are returned *in their original order* [so it would make the method equivalent to array_keys($array) by default]), and that's probably a good thing (it forces to update the call by adding an explicit , 1 argument and reminds to add a [0] or similar on the returned value). An alternative design would be `Randomizer::pickArrayKey(array $array): int|string`, but migrating existing uses with $num != 1 would be harder, so probably not better. Regards, -- Guilliam Xavier

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