- Adding new language constructs in mini releases is IMO not the way to go as it will make it possible impossible to run script that use this new construct not even parse on PHP 5.0.x servers. Adding normal new functions does not have this problem of course, as those scripts are still parsable.
IMO a mini release is a Z.X.Y not a Z.X release. The 5.1 release in particular introduces far more reaching changes already then this minor feature I am suggesting.
- Substring works just fine, adding this for performance reasons is IMO invalid.
I presume you have some benchmarks to prove this, I'd very much like to see those.
- People might want to take this even further and request {1,3}, {-3,2}
and the like. (This was expressed in the past when talking about this
stuff)
This functionality that you mention is not even on the table, we are talking about a very specific feature. If someone wanted {1,3} and similar support it would be a completely separate matter.
Ilia
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