Re: [RFC] Fix list() behavior inconsistency

On 14/09/14 07:48, Stas Malyshev wrote: >> 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. Isn't this just a side affect of making a simple string also look like an array? One has to assume first that what is returned is a simple byte string array while currently is IS possible that it will contain unicode characters? So should it not be looked at n the context of the whole PHP7 discussion rather than trying to fix more edge cases in isolation? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk