[PHP-DEV] Re: ++$i++ (was Re: [PHP-DEV] call_builtin_function_array() possible?) From: Andrei Zmievski (andrei <email protected>)
Date: 01/10/01

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Cynic wrote:
> I recently needed to process every other element of a
> numerically indexed array.
> for( $i = 0 ; $i < count( $a ) ; $x = $a[ ++$i++ ] )
> would have saved me one statement. I had to use
> for( $i = 0 ; $i < count( $a ) ; $x = $a[ $i++ ] , $i++ )
> I know, this is an 'issue' so tiny I can laugh at it, but
> anyway...

You know, this is not C, you are not going to save 0.2 microseconds of
execution time by writing obscure code like this. Even in C this is not
encouraged.

-Andrei

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