[UPHPU] Accessing an element in an array returned from a function

[Eric Faerber]

Richard K Miller wrote:
>> If abc() returns an array, is there any possible notation that lets 
>> me access a single element?
>>   echo abc()[0];   // I wish this were possible
>> ...instead of having to use an intermediate variable?
>>   $temp = abc();   // $temp is ugly
>>   echo $temp[0];
>>
>> echo current(abc());
>>
>> Maybe it will be faster if you use the temp (ugly) variable than call 
>> a method :]
>>
>
> The only optimizations I'm concerned with in this example are 
> aesthetics and my own sanity. It just looks so ugly to use a temp 
> variable.
In my opinion it is more clear what exactly is going on if you use a 
variable.