Re: [PHP-DEV] Bug #2341: expression evaluation - improvement From: Sascha Schumann (sascha <email protected>)
Date: 09/21/99

On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 12:05:18PM -0500, Andrei Zmievski wrote:
> Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> > I agree if it's a reusable expression. If it's a one-time use,
> > having to create a variable and then pull something out of
> > it strikes me as wasted cycle and source. Personally, I think
> > there are situations in which anonymous arrays and lists are
> > useful.
> >
> > Not that I have an opinion about whether this should be done
> > in PHP; I just find your argument specious, Andrei.
>
> Ok, having thought about it a bit more, I do have to admit that something
> like that might be useful in certain situations. Of course, I have no idea
> how easy it would be to implement in Zend.

    Perl can. :-)

    $ perl -e 'print "".(1,2,3)[1]."\n"; '
    2

    (leading "" is necessary to avoid parser conflict)
     

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          Regards,

                            Sascha Schumann
                                 Consultant

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