Re: [PHP-DEV] Replacing array_slice

2018-07-17 Thread rich gray
On 17/07/2018 05:11, Levi Morrison wrote: Fixing `array_slice` would probably do more harm than good at this stage. Instead I would like to provide an alternative function that does not have all this baggage, and will have decent performance much of the time. The best ideas I have for names are

Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Pipe Operator

2016-04-30 Thread rich gray
On 30/04/2016 15:43, Lester Caine wrote: As I said in the message ... no problem if you simply have a SINGLE pathway through the code. That video simply assumes that anything that is not success is an error. MUCH of my code base has turntables or three way switches which in addition to possible

Re: AW: [PHP-DEV] Coercive Scalar Type Hints RFC

2015-02-22 Thread rich gray
On 22/02/2015 13:09, Robert Stoll wrote: [snip] ... PHP 7.1: necessary bug-fixes introduced with PHP 7.0 PHP 7.x: deprecate even more if required PHP 8: - introduce scalar type hints which reflect the conversion rules as defined (adding strict type hints as well is possible of course,

Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Introduce Abstract Syntax Tree

2014-08-01 Thread rich gray
On 31/07/2014 20:11, Nikita Popov wrote: Hi internals! I've created a draft RFC and implementation for the introduction of an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) as an intermediate structure in our compilation process: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/abstract_syntax_tree The RFC outlines why an AST is

Re: [PHP-DEV] register_globals work arounds

2012-08-02 Thread rich gray
On 02/08/2012 13:51, Lester Caine wrote: OK No discussions on why register_globals has been removed we all understand why and now have to live with that ... I'm not winging here! The question is Does anybody have an 'elegant' fix to quickly update a legacy site that relies on globals to

Re: [PHP-DEV] register_globals work arounds

2012-08-02 Thread rich gray
On 02/08/2012 15:56, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM, rich gray r...@richgray.com mailto:r...@richgray.com wrote: On 02/08/2012 13:51, Lester Caine wrote: OK IMO - this should be posted on PHP general not internals -- have you tried extract

Re: [PHP-DEV] Next major version must be 7 (Lessons learned from the ECMAScript committee)

2010-03-14 Thread rich gray
Keryx Web wrote: Summary: A. There seem to be universal agreement that the up until last week branch of PHP called trunk was going to be PHP 6 is a dead end and not the way into the future. (I'll call this PHP 6.old from now on. is this the case?

Re: [PHP-DEV] Internals read-only

2007-12-13 Thread rich gray
If this suggestion from Jani is supported then all I can say is WTF a bunch of prima donnas you internals/core devs are ... You don't want to listen to your users who are in most cases NOT technically ignorant and are in the trenches using your product and trying to make a living? AFAIK no-one

Re: [PHP-DEV] Internals read-only

2007-12-13 Thread rich gray
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Re: [PHP-DEV] Internals read-only

2007-12-13 Thread rich gray
Cristian Rodriguez wrote: remember it is OPEN source yeah, start doing something useful then.. I just have ... so are you amongst the gilded core developers then? -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP-DEV] Internals read-only

2007-12-13 Thread rich gray
Stanislav Malyshev wrote: If this suggestion from Jani is supported then all I can say is WTF a bunch of prima donnas you internals/core devs are ... You don't want to I find it amusing how quick people are to jump into conclusions about a group of people they don't even know based on one