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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:43:38 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal for deprecate alternate syntax(curly braces)
 for array and string access
From: mike@php.net (Michael Wallner)

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From: Michael Wallner <mike@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal for deprecate alternate syntax(curly braces)
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On 15/03/2019 14:39, Andrey O Gromov wrote:
> Reasons to deprecate curly braces syntax::
> 1.      Two ways to do the same thing.
> 2.      It is very rarely used nowadays.
> 3.      It is almost not documented. There is only two short =E2=80=9CN=
OTE=E2=80=9D about=20
> it.
> 4.      Also, this syntax has reduced functionality. You can't use it f=
or=20
> pushing element into array =E2=80=9C$arr{} =3D 1;=E2=80=9D, creating ar=
ray =E2=80=9C$a=3D{1,2};=E2=80=9D or in=20
> other similar cases.
> 5.      Deprecation and following removal will free this syntax for oth=
er=20
> features. For example: array/string slice, absolute offset access,=20
> =E2=80=9Cwindows=E2=80=9D (like =E2=80=9Cslice=E2=80=9D in GoLang), etc=
=2E
>=20
> Proposal
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate_curly_braces_array_access


Do I understand it right, that you're proposing deprecating accessing
$string{$offset}? I think that's an important way of differentiation
between string and array offset access.

I'd vote "yes" for splitting syntax on array and string offset access,
but as is: -1.

>=20
> Patch diff
> https://github.com/php/php-src/compare/PHP-7.4...rjhdby:deprecate_alter=
nate_array_access
>=20
> Migration script
> https://github.com/rjhdby/php-src/blob/deprecate_alternate_array_access=
/convert_array_access_braces.php
>=20


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Regards,
Mike


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