Re: Pseudo-objects (methods on arrays, strings, etc.)
| From: | Stas Malyshev | Date: | Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:50:28 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Pseudo-objects (methods on arrays, strings, etc.) | ||
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Hi!
> I am for making array a proper class with methods.
>
> "Legacy" functions can be implemented as wrappers around it:
>
> function array_push(&$array, $value)
> {
> $array->push($value);
> }
The problem there is that array has different semantics than object. Not
completely, but for example if you pass array to function, it is passed
by value and is not modified, but objects are always mutable when passed
to functions. Changing this semantics will break a lot of code.
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