On 1 Mar 2025, at 08:37, Rob Landers wrote:
>
> Hi Alwin,
>
> You may be interested in http://wiki.php.net/rfc/records, whose goal from the
> beginning was a new type that behaved like arrays (value semantics, copy on
> write) as well as the ability to attach behavior to them.
>
> I’ve since
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, at 23:52, Alwin Garside wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time listener, first time caller here.
>
> Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could
> declare array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural interfaces
> for arrays.
>
> After all,
Hi!
> However, arrays are very ergonomic to work with, especially for passing along
> a list of properties, which is why many frameworks and libraries still use
> them
I am not agree that arrays must be typed in this way. They won’t be this arrays
as they are.
Instead this week I’ve started
On 1 Mar 2025, at 00:28, Larry Garfield wrote:
> Your friends are correct. Arrays in PHP are an awful thing. They are twice
> as memory hungry as objects, they provide no static guarantees, and they're a
> security hole waiting to happen (and has in fact happened).
>
> And since PHP 8.0, *we
On 1 Mar 2025, at 00:28, Tim Düsterhus wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I would love to try and push this idea forward – either by
>> contacting Kacpar, or writing my own RFC – and have a shot at implementing a
>> proof of concept, but first I would like to get a feel for whether this
>> proposal would fin
> On 28 Feb 2025, at 23:57, Bilge wrote:
>
> Generics
Yes, I am aware that generics are being worked on. However, generics wouldn't
provide structural interfaces for arrays. At most it would provide a way to
infer/define generic types for array keys and/or values.
I guess I should've provi
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, at 4:52 PM, Alwin Garside wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time listener, first time caller here.
>
> Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could
> declare array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural
> interfaces for arrays.
>
> After all, arr
Hi
On 2/28/25 23:52, Alwin Garside wrote:
Anyway, I would love to try and push this idea forward – either by contacting
Kacpar, or writing my own RFC – and have a shot at implementing a proof of
concept, but first I would like to get a feel for whether this proposal would
find much footing he
Generics
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025, 22:55 Alwin Garside, wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time listener, first time caller here.
>
> Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could
> declare array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural interfaces
> for arrays.
>
> After all,
Hello,
Long time listener, first time caller here.
Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could declare
array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural interfaces for arrays.
After all, arrays are one of PHPs strongest features, and anyone who has ever
tried
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