Re: array_key_exists BC break

From: Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:10:06 +0000
Subject: Re: array_key_exists BC break
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Hi all, Em Qua, 2008-11-05 às 16:20 +0000, Geoffrey Sneddon escreveu: > On 4 Nov 2008, at 22:59, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > >> so where do we stand here? > > > > I'd prefer to have it fixed, but then it probably requires changing > > the parameters API for 'a', which might lead to some unexpected > > results with regard to functions that modify their arguments. I > > think we may leave it alone for this alpha but try to resolve it for > > 5.3 release. > > If it isn't fixed it ought to be a documented as a BC break, seeming > it does break real apps. > > So as suggested and wished, here is a patch that add a modifier '%' to 'a' in parameter parsing API, where it allows object that implements ArrayAccess to be accept. Although it doesn't invoke any their methods, i.e. just how it works nowdays. A list of functions that allow object on current 5.2: . end . prev . next . reset . current . key . array_key_exists . array_unique . array_flip . array_walk_recursive . array_walk . uksort . uasort . usort . natcasesort . natsort Hence, I added such modifier to this functions in the patch. 5.3: http://felipe.ath.cx/diff/arg_arrayaccess.diff -- Regards, Felipe Pena

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