Rasmus, Relax. It hasn't even been proposed yet. Give the author some time to finish the RFC before proposing it here, and then we can discuss it...
Anthony On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Rasmus Schultz <ras...@mindplay.dk> wrote: > I just saw this RFC: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/foreach-non-scalar-keys > > By "non-scalar", presumably we're talking about objects? In the numbers > that e.g. resources typically get used, having a collection indexed by > resources would seem like an extremely exotic need. > > Moreover, we already have this: > > http://php.net/manual/en/class.splobjectstorage.php > > I just want to note that, while allowing non-scalar keys may seem like a > natural addition, we're not talking about a simple change to the foreach > statement - we're talking about a fundamental change to the array type. > > So I will point out two things: > > 1. Allowing non-scalar keys in arrays takes away an error-condition that > would normally be reported: accidentally using an object as a key (which > could even work in some cases, and could cause objects not to be garbage > collected.) > > 2. SplObjectStorage already solves this problem - minus e.g. resources, but > you could put your resources in an object and address that (very exotic) > need. > > Bottom line, I'm not in favor of this idea - it just doesn't seem necessary > or really even beneficial to me. > > - Rasmus Schultz >
