Re: [PATCH] Making in_array a language operator

On 13.11.11 19:08, Pierre Joye wrote: > 2011/11/13 Antoine Delignat-Lavaud <antoine.delignat-lavaud@ens-cachan.fr>: >> On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 14:23 +0100, Pierre Joye wrote: >>> >>> There is an idea to have pseudo object for common types, where these >>> functions would be callable without actually having an instance. No >>> implementation yet so far. >> >> So this means being able to use $string->strlen() (or even $string->len()) >> instead of strlen($string) or $array->in_array($x) ($array->in($x)) instead >> of in_array($x,$array), right? > > Yes, that's the idea, but then with obvious names: > > $string->length(); or $string->length; > $array->in($x); That last one doesn't sound right. Didn't you mean $x->in($array)? Or at least $array->contains($x)? - Martin