Re: Re: SOAP_MARSHAL_DATETIME (or: bug #44383)

Hi, 1) please don't abuse another thread for something completely unrelated, that makes tracking things really hard. 2) Most of you want should be doable with 5.3's anonymous functions/closures. 3) More than that isn't really planned at the moment. johannes On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 12:46 +0300, Ville Jungman wrote: > 1) it would be fun if code recycling was easier. nowadays extracting a > function from code is sometimes complicated if you need to reuse it > elsewhere. > > For example you have this ... > > while($numbers as $value){ > while(...){ > while(...){ > ... > do_something_with($value); > ... > } > } > } > > ... but you would like to use the inner loop also elsewhere. Just > define it as a function ... > > while($numbers as $value){ > while(...){ > while(...){ > do_something_with($value); > do_something_with($value + 1); > } as function inner_loop($value); > } > } > > ... and go ... > > inner_loop(3); > > > > Or you have a function below and would like to use only the if-part > elsewhere. Again define that as a function: > > function something($value){ > something(); > foreach(...){ > if(...){ > do_something_with($value); > do_something_with($value + 1); > } as function snippet($value); > } > something(); > } > > ... and call it ... > snippet(3); > > > --- > > > 2) i think it might be useful if all php internal commands returned > some value(s) > > something like this could do ... > > while( > if($x){ > return array(1,2); > }else{ > return array(3,4,5); > } as $value > ){ > do_something_with($value); > } > > ... or even ... > > $selection_array = > while( > if($x){ > return array(1,2); > }else{ > return array(3,4,5); > } as $value > ){ > do_something_with($value); > return if($value == 2 || $value == 4){ > return $value; > } > } > ; > > this would make code more straightforward and easier to understand > (when you get used to it). and enables "a maximum degree of > recursivability that can lead to impressive solutions some areas". > also think about pipes in shell. > > (the return idea is stolen from postgres pl/pgsql. loop commands > (while, foreach etc) return always arrays.) > > see also: > http://www.rebol.net/r3blogs/0024.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/beginners@perl.org/msg47298.html > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/plpgsql-control-structures.html > > --- > Ville >