Good evening again,
Previously I wrote to this mailing list about my proposal to add
reference assignment to list() with a new syntax ("[PHP-DEV] Proposal:
Implement FR #7930 (list() constructor reference assignment)"). I have
now opened an RFC:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/list_reference_assignment
In brief, this allows you to write this:
$array = [1, 2];
$a = $array[0];
$b = &$array[1];
Like this instead:
$array = [1, 2];
list($a, &$b) = $array;
Reference assignments with list() work just like normal assignments, and
you can still skip variables, use nested list()s, and use list() in
foreach as usual.
There is a patch with a passing test, however a memory leak bug was
found (thanks Nikita!), and so the patch can't be considered complete or
final yet. I'm something of a novice at debugging PHP code at the
moment, so any help fixing that would be appreciated, but I will try to
fix it when I have more time.
The patch is here: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=6768
The RFC has been added to the list in Under Discussion.
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc. appreciated.
Regards,
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Andrea Faulds
http://ajf.me/
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