Hi Larry, > On Sep 18, 2021, at 12:03 PM, Larry Garfield <la...@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > > Rather than go point by point, I'm going to respond globally here. > > I am frequently on-record hating on PHP arrays, and stating that I want > something better. The problems with PHP arrays include: > > 1. They're badly performing (because they cannot be optimized) > 2. They're not type safe > 3. They're mutable > 4. They mix sequences (true arrays) with dictionaries/hashmaps, making > everything uglier > 5. People keep using them as structs, when they're not > 6. The API around them is procedural, inconsistent, and overall gross > 7. They lack a lot of native shorthand operations found in other languages > (eg, slicing) > 8. Their error handling is crap
Would you mind elaborating on points #3 and #8? It is not clear to me what you are getting at with those points. -Mike -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
