Re: [Pre-RFC] Improve language coherence for the behaviour of offsets and containers

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024, at 13:52, Gina P. Banyard wrote: > Hello internals, > > I would like to get some initial feedback on an RFC I've been working on for the last > 5–6 months. > The RFC attempts to explain, and most importantly, improve the semantics around > $container[$offset] as PHP is currently widely inconsistent. > > The RFC is about six thousands words, so I would recommend a cup of tea/coffee before starting > to read it. > > The main things which are still in flux is the naming of the new interfaces and methods, the > phrasing of error messages, and the behaviour around using null as a container. > Those are generally indicated with a TODO comment. > > Of note is that I will also be going on holiday for 3 weeks from the 19th of March, so ideally > most of the feedback would come during that time frame so that I can finalize the RFC after my > holiday. > > RFC: > https://github.com/Girgias/php-rfcs/blob/master/container-offset-behaviour.md > > > Best regards, > > Gina P. Banyard > I’m still reading the RFC, but here: https://github.com/Girgias/php-rfcs/blob/master/container-offset-behaviour.md#objects You list “appending” twice. — Rob