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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/07/08 18:46
Steve wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> Steve wrote:
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:5pCdnYoQjrhRAhzanZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> Steve wrote:
>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:7pCdnciBY-RFc-PanZ2dnUVZ_sTinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>> Steve wrote:
>>>>>>> <PASTED FROM ALT.PHP>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:6KmdnRk59_ChqOPanZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>>>> adam.timberlake@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I was reading the following article yesterday:
>>>>>>>>> http://www.talkphp.com/vbarticles.php?do=article&articleid=41&title=using-the-internal-array-pointers-to-access-elements-in-arrays
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What struck me while reading it was how very little we hear about
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> array internal pointers !! I've been in PHP now for a good 2 years,
>>>>>>>>> and I've never heard these little guys mentioned before.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My question is... what do you use internal pointers for, and why?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I use them a fair amount. Sometimes you need to run through an
>>>>>>>> array,
>>>>>>>> and foreach() just doesn't do what you need (or makes the code more
>>>>>>>> complicated).
>>>>>>> lol. you get on to the op for multiposting and tell him you've
>>>>>>> answered his question here. this is an answer?! your only good point
>>>>>>> was not multiposting. however, i'm sure no one in comp.lang.php will
>>>>>>> miss this 'answer'...as it does nothing for anyone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> why not tell the op *how* you use them and give an example of *how*
>>>>>>> your use does something that foreach doesn't (or doesn't easily) do?
>>>>>>> hell, i'd be very interested in THAT myself. i can't think of a
>>>>>>> situation that would apply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a better answer is that most languages have these constructs.
>>>>>>> typically in more formal languages there is an iterator interface
>>>>>>> whereby you can can impliment into a strongly typed collection object
>>>>>>> that will contain only those types of items. your implimenting
>>>>>>> object/collection keeps track of the 'pointer' spoken about in the
>>>>>>> article and exposes those standard pointer functions. implementing
>>>>>>> said interface allows the language to iterate, i.e. foreach, the
>>>>>>> items even though you may have heavily customized your collection. i
>>>>>>> would assume that having said little known pointer functions would
>>>>>>> allow forward compatibility should php start to become more strongly
>>>>>>> data typed in future versions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AND OAN, funny how the writer of the article uses the word internal
>>>>>>> 'pointer'. count how many times. i couldn't be laughing harder.
>>>>>> So now you've gone from a troll to a stalker! I think you're hung up
>>>>>> on me, Stevie!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And BTW - he asked a question - I answered it. He didn't ask HOW to
>>>>>> use them. Just IF anyone used them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Learn to read, STALKER!
>>>>> yes, please do!
>>>>>
>>>>> (notice the key words)
>>>>>
>>>>> "My question is... *what* do you use internal pointers for, and *why*?"
>>>>>
>>>>> the question was NOT *does* anyone use them...which is the question you
>>>>> made up to answer. you didn't address any of his questions. read more
>>>>> carefully, jerry-berry.
>>>> ROFLMAO, stalker. And your attempts at third grade insults again show
>>>> your maturity level. We already know your intellect - or actually, the
>>>> lack there of.
>>> yet, your ad-hom's do nothing for your demonstrated lack of literacy.
>>> quote your answer and show exactly where it is that you covered 'what'
>>> and 'why'.
>>>
>>> <crickets chirping>
>> No ad hominems, stalker. Just the truth.
>
> true or false doesn't an ad-hom make. you're trying to divert attention to
> the fact that you said i can't read, yet demonstrate that you clearly
> did/can not. 'what' and 'why', jer.
>
> <crickets *still* chirping>
>
>
>
ROFLMAO, Stalker!
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