Re: [VOTE][RFC] Array Of
| From: | Philip Sturgeon | Date: | Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:25:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [VOTE][RFC] Array Of | ||
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On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
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> On 1 Mar 2014, at 15:20, Philip Sturgeon <pjsturgeon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> It also lines up nicely with the syntax everyone is using for
> DocBlocks, so again, why not have it now and have some other syntax
> for a slightly more powerful feature in the future maybe.
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> Or, we could have generics-like syntax now and add proper generics later,
> meaning people would get a free performance boost eventually and we'd be
> able to eliminate the O(n) issue.
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> Andrea Faulds
> http://ajf.me/
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And again I say that is something that will be considered if this vote
doesn't pass.
"Array of" using Generics-like syntax in 5.7 and full on generics in
5++ (6 or 7) is looking like a more likely route at this point. It's
just one that I personally don't like. :)