On 11 Oct 2014, at 23:42, Rowan Collins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> func_get_args() and func_num_args(), OTOH, existed solely to support > variadics, and anything taking advantage of them being functions rather than > a language structure would have to be quite exotic and arcane, so in > principle they could, eventually, be removed, but I agree with others that > it's far too soon to remove a feature which has been around since 4.0 just > becuase 5.6 includes a better alternative. They have some (admittedly limited) use beyond variadics. If you make a function and later make it redirect to another, you can preserve your typehints by using func_get_args() rather than using the … syntax. > If they're included in the core distribution, then why make them optional at > all? If it's just a question of how the functions behave, then surely an > included (and C-level) implementation should be sought which has the better > behaviour? This matches my own thoughts. There is nothing wrong with these functions. There are just some issues with their implementation. We do not need to get rid of the functions, that would be an absurd overreaction. We should just fix the implementations. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
