Re: [VOTE] Fix list() behavior inconsistency

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote: > disabling string handling would allow make operation simpler and would > improve regular access to array elements. > We won't need to check for (opline->extended_value & ZEND_FETCH_ADD_LOCK) > in FETCH_DIM_R handler. > However, it's going to be very small improvement, and I don't care a lot. > :) > > enabling string handling would require complication of > ZEND_FETCH_DIM_TMP_VAR handler (for strings support). > It's going to make list() handling a bit slower, but not significantly. > > my choice +1 for disabling. > Could you please clarify why removing string support would make the operation simpler? I voted for always supporting strings because I thought that is the option that simplifies things - in particular it would allow use to drop the FETCH_DIM_TMP_VAR opcode and always go through FETCH_DIM_R instead. Sample patch here: https://github.com/nikic/php-src/compare/stringOffsetsInList Or did I miss something and we can't do that? Nikita