Re: Internal iteration API

From: Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:04:37 +0000
Subject: Re: Internal iteration API
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On 2012-07-12, Sara Golemon <[email protected]> wrote:
> --e89a8f235453d7a80104c4975c55
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Anthony Ferrara <[email protected]>wrote:
> > One thing to keep in mind when doing this is to think about consistency.
> > >
> >
> > I think that's a huge point not to be taken lightly. For that reason, I
> > think that this API should not be used for any of the array_* functions.
> > Meaning that array_sum(), etc should all take arrays only.
> >
> > Then, other non-array functions (such as str_replace, etc) can be modified
> > to use this new method.
> >
> > Just my $0.02 anyway...
> >
> Sounds like everyone agrees the API is useful, just question marks over
> which existing methods should profit by it.
>
> To add my $0.02, it'd be nice to work in a zend_parse_parameters() type for
> this.  Keep extension code clean and ensures any temporary iterators get
> destructed.

Another note: if this comes to fruition, since arrays and traversable objects
would in many cases be interchangeable, it would be nice to have a type-hint for
"array-like" behavior:

    function doSomething (ArrayLike $options) { ... }

A better name could likely be used, but you get the idea.

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