Re: Array Question

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Thanks for all the input.  You've all been pretty informative.  Sorry of 
delayed response to help but was busy.  You all are appreciated.


"Stut" <stuttle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:4695ED48.6000004@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Richard Lynch wrote:
>> On Wed, July 11, 2007 4:16 pm, Robert Cummings wrote:
>>>> But I'd have to say that the intent is not all that clear, really,
>>>> and
>>>> I'd be leery of this feature, personally.
>>> I wouldn't be leery at all. It's been around for a very long time and
>>> it's documented:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php#language.types.array.casting
>>
>> As soon as I hit send I knew that would be mis-interpreted...
>>
>> Leery is the wrong word.
>>
>> Sorry.
>>
>> It just seems a bit to clever to me...
>>
>> I suspect I'd skim this code a hundred times and not realize what it
>> was doing.
>>
>> But maybe that's just me. :-)
>
> I would have to agree. I'm a big fan of self-documenting code, and this 
> one requires a little bit more knowledge of the intricacies of PHP than I 
> would expect from your 'average' developer.
>
> If performance is going to be an issue (and in terms of cycles I can't see 
> this saving much), buy faster/more hardware - it's far cheaper than 
> developer time!!
>
> -Stut
>
> -- 
> http://stut.net/ 

-- 
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php


[Index of Archives]     [PHP Home]     [Apache Users]     [PHP on Windows]     [Kernel Newbies]     [PHP Install]     [PHP Classes]     [Pear]     [Postgresql]     [Postgresql PHP]     [PHP on Windows]     [PHP Database Programming]     [PHP SOAP]

  Powered by Linux