I like the idea. In fact I started to implement it some time ago, but your patch is really cleaner than mine :) Otherwise I would prefer to insert the default keyword to make the code more readable. It might be hard to count when you have something like
function(,,,,true); P. On 17 April 2012 18:54, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com> wrote: > Hi! > > One of the annoying things I've encountered in working with PHP was > dealing with functions having long optional parameter lists, especially > if you need to change only the last one - you have to copy all the > defaults. Full named params implementation would solve it, probably, but > before we have that here's an easier solution for part of the problem: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/skipparams > > Basically, it allows you to do this: > > create_query("deleted=0", "name",,, /*report_errors*/ true); > > Implementation of it is here: > https://github.com/smalyshev/php-src/tree/skip_params > All things described in RFC seem to be working, please tell me if I > forgot anything. If it's accepted I'll also add tests, etc. of course. > > -- > Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect > SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ > (408)454-6900 ext. 227 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
