Comments for Finite Hate Machine http://finite.grimoire.ca PHP is not my favourite language. Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:11:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Stale incense, old sweat, and lies, lies, lies by Kit http://finite.grimoire.ca/2011/02/superglobal-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Kit Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:11:40 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=124#comment-74 I think I just threw up a little in my mouth. I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

]]> Comment on You make this all go away by Owen Jacobson http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/12/array-keys-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Owen Jacobson Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:48:02 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=118#comment-70 1. FALSE is sometimes zero. 2. null is sometimes ''. Never quite exactly, but close enough for arrays. 1. FALSE is sometimes zero.
2. null is sometimes ”.

Never quite exactly, but close enough for arrays.

]]> Comment on You make this all go away by Kit http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/12/array-keys-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Kit Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:17:25 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=118#comment-69 So, why? Why does changing the keys change which of them print? So, why? Why does changing the keys change which of them print?

]]> Comment on I really don’t know what you mean by Owen Jacobson http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/indexing-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Owen Jacobson Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:37:33 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=26#comment-64 That's probably a consequence of PHP's "organic" development: array indexing has existed for most of PHP's life, while the <code>-></code> dereference operator was introduced in PHP 4, when the PHP community had started to grok the idea that expressions should be interchangable. That’s probably a consequence of PHP’s “organic” development: array indexing has existed for most of PHP’s life, while the -> dereference operator was introduced in PHP 4, when the PHP community had started to grok the idea that expressions should be interchangable.

]]> Comment on I really don’t know what you mean by seutje http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/indexing-expressions/comment-page-1/#comment-63 seutje Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:20:29 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=26#comment-63 what really intrigues me is that <code> function foo() { $bar = new stdClass(); $bar->baz = 'meh'; return $bar; } print foo()->baz; // prints 'meh' </code> seems to work fine what really intrigues me is that

function foo() {
$bar = new stdClass();
$bar->baz = 'meh';
return $bar;
}
print foo()->baz; // prints 'meh'

seems to work fine

]]> Comment on Did you think I wouldn’t recognize this compromise by Just when everything was making sense « Finite Hate Machine http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/lambduh/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Just when everything was making sense « Finite Hate Machine Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:42 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=94#comment-13 [...] Finite Hate Machine PHP is not my favourite language. « Did you think I wouldn’t recognize this compromise [...] [...] Finite Hate Machine PHP is not my favourite language. « Did you think I wouldn’t recognize this compromise [...]

]]> Comment on I decided I was never coming down by Taavi http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/recursion-segfaults/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Taavi Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:44:30 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=70#comment-11 Unfortunately gdb doesn't help either, because it just dies in the guts of PHP. Been there, done that, see the dev blog post. :( Unfortunately gdb doesn’t help either, because it just dies in the guts of PHP. Been there, done that, see the dev blog post. :(

]]> Comment on My purity you stole by Owen Jacobson http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/lambdurr/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Owen Jacobson Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:23:06 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=33#comment-10 Well, see, it's not a big deal, because the interpreter starts, renders one page, and exits (destroying everything). Hope you didn't want to write a long-running program that isn't a web page in it. Well, see, it’s not a big deal, because the interpreter starts, renders one page, and exits (destroying everything).

Hope you didn’t want to write a long-running program that isn’t a web page in it.

]]> Comment on My purity you stole by Grumqa http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/lambdurr/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Grumqa Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:22:13 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=33#comment-9 So does it just purge the function table now and then? It must be doing something so as not to blow up the server because somebody hit a page that creates a function too many times. So does it just purge the function table now and then? It must be doing something so as not to blow up the server because somebody hit a page that creates a function too many times.

]]> Comment on My purity you stole by Owen Jacobson http://finite.grimoire.ca/2010/01/lambdurr/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Owen Jacobson Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:12:55 +0000 http://finite.grimoire.ca/?p=33#comment-8 For some ideas on how to abuse this in Objective-C, consider the links under <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=isa+swizzling" rel="nofollow">isa swizzling</a>. (Objective-C calls the pointer to an object's virtual method table <code>isa</code>.) For some ideas on how to abuse this in Objective-C, consider the links under isa swizzling. (Objective-C calls the pointer to an object’s virtual method table isa.)

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