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To: internals@lists.php.net,Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly.is@gmail.com>,Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com>
CC: PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][DISCUSSION] Change var_export() array syntax to use short hand arrays
From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On 30 March 2020 16:54:55 BST, Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly=2Eis@gmail=2Ecom>=
 wrote:
>@Dan Ackroyd <danack@basereality=2Ecom>
>
>> Is there any reason to do this change other than aesthetic choice?
>>
>>
>Just because it is aesthetic is not actually an argument against=2E Why
>wouldn't you want to improve the aesthetics of PHP? Is it only an
>aesthetic
>choice, however?

=20
I added this function to be able to create a PHP variable structure expres=
sed as PHP code, so that the PHP parser can construct it back into variable=
 structure=2E=20

Aesthetics are irrelevant for a computer=2E=20

This change does not improve anything and only breaks compatibility=2E Bad=
 idea=2E

cheers,
Derick