Re: Introducing "Array Of" RFC
| From: | Chris Wright | Date: | Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:36:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Introducing "Array Of" RFC | ||
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On 18 Jan 2014 03:53, "Julien Pauli" <jpauli@php.net> wrote:
> I'm in favor of designing a new "typed array" structure , instead of
> adding a new syntax that checks things at runtime of every function
> call, mainly by iterating over the array at runtime.
This, while useful, doesn't solve the same problem as this RFC is solving.
You wouldn't be able to type hint for the type contained within the
structure without some form of new syntax.
What if we did both? So that the new syntax actually expects an
SplTypedArray (or whatever you want to call it) and if an instance of this
structure is passed the class entry attached to the structure can be used
as an O(1) shortcut, but if an array is passed it is run through
SplTypedArray::fromArray(), allowing users to pass an array and take the
performance hit if they want to.
Thanks, Chris