Re: substr/array_slice in []

Hello Larry, ArrayAccess is not designed to work in any array functions and we explicitly decided against going that route. We wanted ArrayAccess to support the array syntax, so [x,y] should be supported if we want that. However I agree that this kind of slicing is a bit too perlish or pythonish. marcus Friday, October 5, 2007, 3:05:30 AM, you wrote: > On Tuesday 02 October 2007, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote: >> On 10/1/07, Martin Alterisio <malterisio777@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Sorry to bother, I have a few questions on this matter. >> > How will this impact on the SPL ArrayAccess and related interfaces and >> > objects? >> > Will there be an interface to this functionality? >> > If so, how will ranges be passed through to this interface? >> > Will this be consistent with substr() and array_slice() if used with an >> > ArrayAccess implementation? >> >> I guess it can be made to work with current ArrayAccess, but result >> will be quite slow. (it will need to query requested elements >> one-by-one and recombine those in array) >> >> But adding another interface can solve the problem. Ranges can be >> passed exactly the way they are passed to [] operator >> >> public function rangeGet($start, $length); >> public function rangeSet($start, $length, array $data); > Here's the question I see. Right now, does an ArrayAccess object work with > array_slice()? If so, then [2, 5] syntax would be just some nice syntactic > sugar. If not, then it becomes a powerful new feature, and implementing it > on normal arrays and strings becomes just a matter of consistent syntax. > Personaly I kinda like it, but I know I'm not the one coding it. > -- > Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 > larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 > "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of > exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, > which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to > himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession > of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas > Jefferson Best regards, Marcus