Re: [VOTE] array_column() function

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013, Stas Malyshev wrote: > > Voting no, because - even though I like this feature in principle - I think > > it's much better solved by introducing list comprehensions (which cover > > this and many more cases in a consistent and elegant syntax), which is > > something I have planned for 5.6. > > This is a great illustration of different visions we have here. On one > hand, we have practical, immediate feature that covers a clear use case > and does not add any constructs or complexity to the core language and > services immediate need, covering several lines of frequently > encountered boilerplate code with one function. > > On the other hand, we have a possibility to have in the future a > fashionable syntax, which is a bit better, more concise and "cool > looking" expression for what foreach already can do. > > So, my "vision", for example, is that while there's nothing wrong with > "cool" language syntaxes and adding them, we should not reject simple > practical solutions for them. This is what was done in PHP for years, > and I think it is one of the reasons PHP is a great tool for the > programmer. Just trying to make my "vision" more clear :) I wholeheartly agree with that! cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine