Re: Why is some_function()[some_index] invalid syntax?

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2008. 01. 10, csütörtök keltezéssel 21.25-kor Jim Lucas ezt írta:
> Nathan Nobbe wrote:
> > On Jan 10, 2008 11:00 PM, Arlen Christian Mart Cuss <celtic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> Why is it that if I try to evaluate an index of an array returned by a
> >> function immediately, a syntax error is produced? (unexpected '[',
> >> expecting ',' or ';')
> > 
> > 
> > thats hillarious, i literally brought this up at the office like 2 days ago.
> > ill tell you why its really lame (imho), because php5 supports syntax
> > like this:
> > function someFunc() {
> >   return date_create();
> > }
> > echo someFunc()->format('Y-m-d');
> > 
> > that is, it allows you to chain a method invocation to the invocation of a
> > function
> > if the function returns an object.
> > 
> > -nathan
> > 
> 
> So, make all your functions return objects, and have the object have a 
> method called get or index or something like that that returns the index 
> requested.   :)
> 
> Better yet, make everything an object: String, Numeric, Array, etc

and call it Java ;)

greets
Zoltán Németh

> 

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