Re: array_seek function
| From: | Felix De Vliegher | Date: | Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:55:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: array_seek function | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On 17-mrt-2010, at 17:52, Derick Rethans wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Felix De Vliegher wrote:
>
>> On 17-mrt-2010, at 17:27, Frederic Hardy wrote:
>>>
>>> Why not use arrayIterator::seek() ?
>>
>> Because the functionality isn't exactly the same.
>> ArrayIterator::seek() only sets the array pointer, array_seek would
>> also return the value + have fseek()-like functionality with the
>> SEEK_* consts and optional negative offsets.
>
> To be honest, I'd rather have the proposed array_seek() return a status
> whether the seek worked or not. Notices are uncool and you can already
> retrieve data/key with key() and current().
>
Update: http://phpbenelux.eu/array_seek-return.patch.txt
I've kept the fseek()-style return values (0 when fine, -1 when seek fails)
Cheers,
Felix