Hello list! This is an item that has been repeatedly requested in various forms, with no solid implementation to back it up, yet remaining quite desirable to the developer community at large.
Loops with a default block, executed in the event that the loop is never entered. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/loop_or Traditionally this is requested as a loop {} else {} structure, however due to the choice of keyword this causes significant BC problems. I have written an RFC presenting this feature as loop {} or {} along with how I intend to implement it. I have consulted with several core contributors as well as normal developers, and this seems to be the most BC-complete option. A poll of local developers indicates a strong positive response supporting this feature, so please take the time to consider and discuss what is laid out in the RFC, as many of us would like this to become a permanent fixture of the language. I especially need input regarding Opcache concerns, as this is not an area of expertise for me. I will be developing the patch myself, and hope to have a full proof of concept completed by the end of this weekend. (for and while are both working, foreach currently segfaults, I am working on it) Thanks for reading. Leigh. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
