Re: Re: Negative string offset support

i hope not. this should be about what's cool for developers, the speed increase is not a compelling reason.. the debate is "does this make code easier to read/write/maintain?" I think it doesn't, and therefore am against it. -sterling On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 03:04:45 +0100, Marcus Boerger <helly@php.net> wrote: > Hello Wez, > > well it would. However 5.1 aims to be a major speed improvement and that's > what the idea is about. > > best regards > marcus > > > > Monday, November 1, 2004, 2:29:46 AM, you wrote: > > > Doesn't substr($a, -1) work ? > > > --Wez. > > > On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:45:03 -0500, Greg Beaver <cellog@php.net> wrote: > >> It would reduce the errors I inevitably get > >> whenever using a complex feature like substr(). The three choices: > >> > >> 1) substr($a, strlen($a) - 1); > >> 2) $a{strlen($a) - 1} > >> 3) $a{-1} > >> > >> It's pretty obvious that the 3rd choice lowers the potential for all > >> kinds of bugs (mistypign, wrong parameter name, incorrect parameter > >> placement), and is much more readable. For those who already know how > >> {} works in PHP, it's also obvious what it does at the first look > >> without any speculation. > > -- > Best regards, > Marcus mailto:helly@php.net > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >