Re: [RFC] Fix list() behavior inconsistency
| From: | Stas Malyshev | Date: | Sun, 14 Sep 2014 06:48:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Fix list() behavior inconsistency | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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Hi!
> Please take a look and make your opinion.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/fix_list_behavior_inconsistency
>
> This inconsistency might be interpreted like a bug, but fixing it might
> break existing PHP code (at least my attempt to fix it in documented way
> broke few phpt tests).
I think it makes sense to make list($a, $b, ...) = <something> to mean:
$a = <something>[0]
$b = <something>[1]
...etc...
This is how it works in most cases, not sure why it doesn't work when
<something> is a string literal, but I think it should work the same too.
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Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect
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