Hey On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Benjamin Coutu <ben.co...@zeyos.com> wrote:
> Hello Xinchen, > > I have noticed two more cases where we could easily use packed arrays. > > 1. array_merge($packed1, $packed2, ...): > > In the quite common case where all arguments are packed arrays, the > resulting array can also be a packed array (as per documentation: "if the > input arrays [...] contain numeric keys, the later value will not overwrite > the original value, but will be appended"), thereby ensuring that packed > arrays stay packed when appended to one another. > In general we should try to preserve the packed characteristics wherever > possible. > I will need do some benchmark, as it is already very simple implementation now. > > 2. array_column($input, $column_key, $index_key=null): > > For the common case when $index_key=null, we can just create a packed > array. > Also (not related to packing), we could pre-initialize the return_value > array size with array_init_size() if, and only if, $column_key=null. > this one is committed here: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/fea2042a47dbda7210306c881a9f0a82b8503a45 thanks > > Please let me know your thoughts. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > -- > > Bejamin Coutu > ben.co...@zeyos.com > > ZeyOS, Inc. > http://www.zeyos.com > > -- Xinchen Hui @Laruence http://www.laruence.com/
