Re: [RFC proposal] Syntactic sugar for array push()

From: Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:23:12 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC proposal] Syntactic sugar for array push()
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2025, at 13:06, Dušan Kreheľ wrote: > Hm, I didn't know about $array[] = 1;. > > It would make sense if it were: $a[+] for push() and $a[-] for pop(). > > pi 12. 9. 2025 o 12:35 Ken Guest <kguest@php.net> napísal(a): >> But we already have $array[] = 1; - are you unaware of it or is there some other benefit to >> what you are suggesting? >> >> What might interest people would be a syntactic sugar/shorthand for array_pop but I have no >> idea what that might look like. >> >> On Fri, 12 Sept 2025 at 11:21, Dušan Kreheľ <dusankrehel@gmail.com> wrote: >>> A proposal to add syntactic sugar for array_push() in PHP. >>> >>> Syntax: >>> // now >>> array_push($array, 1); >>> >>> // new syntax >>> >>> $array[+]=1; >>> >>> >>> Dušan Kreheľ >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://about.me/kenguest/ I'd personally rather have sugar for array_unshift and array_shift, than pop and push. — Rob

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