Re: Add \Countable support to \Closure

Hello, 2011/8/8 Johannes Schlüter <johannes@schlueters.de>: > On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 09:16 +0200, Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa wrote: >> Hi Internals, >> >> I would like to suggest you a new feature (for PHP5.4 or maybe next). >> The idea is to implement the \Countable interface into closures to >> easily count the arguments number. > > NO! > One could add a getParmNo() or such if really needed while I think > reflection is better (as it also gives parameter information about > required/optional and type "hints") > > Countable implies ArrayAccess or such. I don't believe Countable implies ArrayAccess, but I do think that Countable should only be implemented in cases where it is obvious what it will return, for example collections. In this case, count(Closure) is really not that explicit, I'd rather have an explicit method. Best, > > johannes > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Etienne Kneuss http://www.colder.ch