On 1 Mar 2025, at 08:37, Rob Landers wrote:
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> Hi Alwin,
>
> You may be interested in http://wiki.php.net/rfc/records, whose goal from the
> beginning was a new type that behaved like arrays (value semantics, copy on
> write) as well as the ability to attach behavior to them.
>
> I’ve since
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, at 23:52, Alwin Garside wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time listener, first time caller here.
>
> Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could
> declare array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural interfaces
> for arrays.
>
> After all,
Hi!
> However, arrays are very ergonomic to work with, especially for passing along
> a list of properties, which is why many frameworks and libraries still use
> them
I am not agree that arrays must be typed in this way. They won’t be this arrays
as they are.
Instead this week I’ve started
On 1 Mar 2025, at 00:28, Larry Garfield wrote:
> Your friends are correct. Arrays in PHP are an awful thing. They are twice
> as memory hungry as objects, they provide no static guarantees, and they're a
> security hole waiting to happen (and has in fact happened).
>
> And since PHP 8.0, *we
On 1 Mar 2025, at 00:28, Tim Düsterhus wrote:
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>> Anyway, I would love to try and push this idea forward – either by
>> contacting Kacpar, or writing my own RFC – and have a shot at implementing a
>> proof of concept, but first I would like to get a feel for whether this
>> proposal would fin
> On 28 Feb 2025, at 23:57, Bilge wrote:
>
> Generics
Yes, I am aware that generics are being worked on. However, generics wouldn't
provide structural interfaces for arrays. At most it would provide a way to
infer/define generic types for array keys and/or values.
I guess I should've provi
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025, at 4:52 PM, Alwin Garside wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time listener, first time caller here.
>
> Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could
> declare array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural
> interfaces for arrays.
>
> After all, arr
Hi
On 2/28/25 23:52, Alwin Garside wrote:
Anyway, I would love to try and push this idea forward – either by contacting
Kacpar, or writing my own RFC – and have a shot at implementing a proof of
concept, but first I would like to get a feel for whether this proposal would
find much footing he
Generics
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025, 22:55 Alwin Garside, wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Long time listener, first time caller here.
>
> Last week I had a shower thought about how it would be neat if we could
> declare array shapes in PHP, and use them to provide structural interfaces
> for arrays.
>
> After all,
