Re: [RFC] Simplified Array API for extensions

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > On 04/02/2013 07:52 PM, Sara Golemon wrote: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/php-array-api > > Very nice. I would love to see more of the API simplified for common > tasks like this. It is a macro jungle currently. > > -Rasmus > Coming from a mostly user land developer but one that likes to attempt to navigate the internals this is a massive step forward. One of the hardest things coming from the outside is attempting to navigate the "macro jungle" as you call it. lxr certainly helps a massive amount but even sometimes understanding what those macros are supposed to be can a bit complex. Navigating a cleaner API such as this I believe will assist in a cleaner and much more clear implementation downstream. These types of changes to PHP can assist the PHP ecosystem in terms of contributors and overall maintenance of the language. - Mike