Re: [RFC] Generalize support of negative string offsets

From: Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:27:20 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Generalize support of negative string offsets
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Hi! > I just added support for '[]' on strings and '{}' to the PR. > > Examples : > > $string[] = 'a'; // equivalent to : $string[strlen($string)] > > $string{} = 'a'; // For consistency That's probably not a good idea, and certainly is not good for the RFC - the patch now does two unrelated things. > This is not strictly in the scope of negative offsets. So, if you think > it must be part of a separate RFC, I will remove it. Yes, I think so. And I also thing it is a bad idea. We already have a way to add stuff to the string - it's .= operator. Adding another weird way to do it IMO is not good. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com

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