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Request #67832 Remove list() construct
Submitted: 2014-08-12 20:49 UTC Modified: 2014-08-12 21:41 UTC
From: someone dot wanted dot to dot be dot unknown at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2014-08-12 20:49 UTC] someone dot wanted dot to dot be dot unknown at gmail dot com 
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I propose to remove the language constructs that pretend functions, but they are not.
List of them:
* list()
* array()
Their names can be used more profitably in the user code. 
Array() is already an archaism. list() can be transformed into something: ($a, $b, $c) = explode (':', $string);

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 [2014-08-12 21:01 UTC] drew@php.net 
The PHP Language Specification is intended to be a normative document that describes what the PHP language currently is and the requirements that a PHP engine must meet to be considered compliant with the PHP language version 5.6.

Opening a bug/request to modify the spec is not the right channel to request changes to the PHP language. Proposals to change the PHP language are typically handled through php.net's RFC process. If you go to https://wiki.php.net/rfc you'll see existing RFCs that have been proposed, and https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto gives instructions on how to propose a language change via an RFC.
 [2014-08-12 21:04 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2014-08-12 21:04 UTC] aharvey@php.net 
Closing, per Drew.
 [2014-08-12 21:40 UTC] pollita@php.net 
Also, this won't pass.

You can try proposing it in the right channels, but it'll fail.
 [2014-08-12 21:41 UTC] stas@php.net
-Package: PHP Language Specification +Package: *General Issues
 [2014-08-12 21:41 UTC] stas@php.net 
Not a spec issue.
 
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