I might not have made it clear, but the main reasons I want it are: - Chance to clean up array/string/etc APIs - Looks nicer IMO, slightly clearer what functions do and affect On Jul 17, 2012 11:21 AM, "Gustavo Lopes" <glo...@nebm.ist.utl.pt> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:07:09 +0200, Pierre Joye wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Gustavo Lopes >> <glo...@nebm.ist.utl.pt> wrote: >> >> Adding method call >>> syntax to arrays hardly makes PHP more object oriented. Syntax is >>> unimportant. There's no substantial difference between array_slice($arr, >>> ...) and $arr->slice(...). >>> >> >> There is a huge difference. One of the main difference would be to >> finally have an uniform API and not this painful inconsistent APIs we >> have to maintain. >> > > There isn't a difference in terms of making PHP more object oriented, > which was the main advantage advanced by the OP. I'm all for redesigning > strings/arrays APIs (presented as an afterthought by the OP), but for that > the discussion should be centered on what those APIs will look like, not > the syntax one uses to call them. > > In fact, quite frequently, syntax discussions make more important design > decisions be ignored (see namespaces). > > There is, in my opinion, *one* merit here -- redesigning -- and perhaps >>> reimplementing -- the arrays functions API. This will require a lot of >>> work, >>> thought, and time tough. >>> >> >> Yes, but long due, same for strings. >> > > -- > Gustavo Lopes >
