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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:26:49 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: list list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: List-Id: x-ms-reactions: disallow MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5c6d66c4-4c17-444e-bb0a-2b8c4759d2db@app.fastmail.com> <48BA5AE0-FADB-4675-B2FC-D56AB7A793CA@rwec.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:26:39 -0400 X-Gm-Features: AQROBzBaHV73ZMgRsc8pyhDjkDLpGH0Ns70rnmUHKt344LDgj96wvBwk-OPuP64 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Four Pragmatic Directions for PHP: Simplicity, Arrays, Performance, Concurrency To: Morgan Cc: internals@lists.php.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000079ad15064dfabfad" From: dliebner@gmail.com (Dan Liebner) --00000000000079ad15064dfabfad Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On 2026-03-27 03:58, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote: > > On 26 March 2026 07:51:31 GMT, Rob Landers wrote: > > > > - an "optional key access" operator like $foo[?'bar'] that makes the > intent explicit but concise > > So, syntactic sugar for "($foo['bar'] ?? null)". That, to me, would be a massive improvement in terms of code readability. On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:40=E2=80=AFPM Morgan wrot= e: > On 2026-03-27 03:58, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote: > > On 26 March 2026 07:51:31 GMT, Rob Landers wrote: > > > > - an "optional key access" operator like $foo[?'bar'] that makes the > intent explicit but concise > > So, syntactic sugar for "($foo['bar'] ?? null)". > --00000000000079ad15064dfabfad Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
= On 2026-03-27 03:58, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote:
> On 26 March 2026 07:51:31 GMT, Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes> w= rote:
>
> - an "optional key access" operator like $foo[?'bar'= ] that makes the intent explicit but concise

So, syntactic sugar for "($foo['bar'] ?? null)".

That, to me, would be a massive improvement in terms of co= de readability.

<= div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 11:40=E2=80=AF= PM Morgan <Weedpacket@varteg.nz<= /a>> wrote:
O= n 2026-03-27 03:58, Rowan Tommins [IMSoP] wrote:
> On 26 March 2026 07:51:31 GMT, Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes> w= rote:
>
> - an "optional key access" operator like $foo[?'bar'= ] that makes the intent explicit but concise

So, syntactic sugar for "($foo['bar'] ?? null)".
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