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Subject: Re: [RFC][DISCUSSION] Change var_export() array syntax to use short
 hand arrays
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)
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Hi Sherif,

Sherif Ramadan wrote:
> I'm proposing a new RFC to change var_export()'s array syntax to use the
> short hand array syntax instead.
> 
> The RFC is available here https://wiki.php.net/rfc/var-export-array-syntax
> 
> This is a forwards-compatible change proposed for and targeting PHP 8.0.
> 
> I'd like to open up discussion.
> 

What about stdClass? That is currently exported using an object cast 
applied to an array literal, and that array literal uses long array 
syntax for consistency. I think this should be mentioned in the RFC, 
whatever choice you make.

Regards,
Andrea