On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 19:04, Derick Rethans wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Sterling Hughes wrote:
>
> > why not add it with the {} operators then?
>
> Yeah, [] is for arrays, {} for string indexes though I still think this
> should not be in, one can use substring for this. Something like a
> "negative string index" is IMO too much magic.
Just as much magic as the negative start in substr() function. It would
be consistent with substr() precedent of negative indexes counting
backward from end of string. Also, everyone knows functions run slower
than operators :)
Cheers,
Rob.
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