note 102790 added to function.compact

There certainly is a time and place for compact(), but my official stance on it is that it should never be nested within another function or class method. 

I've written a simple example below to show how it does not evaluate as an array until AFTER the outer method has been started. 

<?php 

/* 
 * RUN THIS SCRIPT...
 * 	Outputs "Thomas the Cat"
 * 
 * THEN UNCOMMENT THE LAST LINE...
 * 	PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '['
 */

$tom = "Thomas the Cat";
$jerry = "Jerry the Mouse";
$cat_and_mouse = compact('tom', 'jerry');

print_r($cat_and_mouse['tom']);

// UNCOMMENT THE NEXT LINE TO SEE THE 'compact' TEST
// print_r(compact('tom', 'jerry')['tom']);

?>
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