Re: deprecation status of $str{42} versus $str[42]

2008/6/14 Chris Stockton <chrisstocktonaz@gmail.com>: > > I personally have always used {} for string offsets because it just felt > right. [] seems like it is for arrays, for me, using it on strings makes me > feel dirty. > > Could we maybe visit some of the ideas you have had with {} syntax offering > some benefit? That I do not completely understand and would be nice to know > what you mean. > > Maybe something like built in substr? since it wouldn't break existing use > of {}, tough thing is the ambiguity between {1} regular and {1} substr, > dunno: > $str = "abcdef"; > $result = $str{1}; // returns b, but substr would be something like bcdef > $result = $str{1, 2} // returns bc, this we know what to return for sure > $result = $str{1,} // maybe to make up for lack of {1} returning remaining > portion, its a little ugly almost feels like a syntax error > > Just trying to figure out how you could have technical benefit with it, > maybe you just meant performance optimization or something. > > -Chris > String is an array of chars, always was and is such in any programming language. So I see argument for {} as missing knowledge for some programming basics. And I don't understand why are you arguing on this. This was decided for removal long ago - so just do it.