On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 06:11:04PM +0100, Kai Schröder wrote:
> Simple example:
> In Perl ('a' => 'b', 'c' => 'd') could be an assoc array with 2 elements
> (hash) or a list with 4 elements (array, elements on odd positions are the
> old keys).
IMHO this is done by Perl converting HASH to ARRAY internally. In the same
way Perl converts array to scalar with scalar(@a), that is equal to number
of records in @a (equal to $#a-$[+1) and synonym of PHP's count($a).
With scalar(%a) you get number of used/allocated hash buckets, in Perl6
it would get a reference to %a (as stated in Exegesis 2).
IMHO all the perl complications should be passed over in first version of PHP
perl module.
In Polish there is a proverb "The Krakow (old Polish capital city)
has not been build at one". I.e. start from the simple extension
and .. extend it.
> Other problems I see:
> - Perl scalars could be references to anything (for instance on variables
> inside a sub/function)
That is why PHP variable could be one from the two:
- a perl object
- a PHP variable independent from the Perl variable, mapped to scalar,
or array/hash array during the copying phase.
> - Perl have an good working own Garbage Collection, do you really want to
> manage memory manually?
IMHO when object is destroyed on the PHP side, the Perl GC is used on the Perl side.
> - In Perl $var, @var and %var are different things (same name, but different
> prefix and variable type)
> PHP doesn't need Perl support really, it is only nice to have. The other (and
In 2001 I thought that Perl6 would be ready for use in Aug 2002 ...
IMHO PHP is similar to Perl5, and I have heard of PHP/Perl module
a few years ago. It is just a matter of time ... the module need to exists.
> imho better) way is to motivate PEAR developer more, than you don't need to
> assimilate CPAN code. And again: take some minutes to think about PHP for
> Parrot.
+1000 for PHP for Parrot (AFAIK PHP it would run faster (?)).
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Piotr Klaban
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