Klaus Reimer wrote:
> I've just seen that finally it's possible to do
> "$object->getOtherObject()->doSomething()" with PHP5 which was not
> possible in PHP4. But I wonder why something like this still does not work:
>
> $object->returnArray()[$index]
> returnArray()[$index]
> array(1,2,3,4)[$index]
>
> It would be really cool if a future version of PHP understands the above
> syntax because currently it's really annoying to access an array element
> returned from a method/function because the return value must be stored
> in a temporary variable before it is possible to access elements from
> that array.
I'm seconding this strongly. One of the most useful enhancements for meare, as you mention, $object->getOtherObject()->doSomething(), and the foreach ($a as $b => &c) syntax. Direct array referencing would be #3 for me [besides all the suport oo features] ;)
- Markus
