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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Syntactic improvement to array
From: brianm@dealnews.com (Brian Moon)

> If someone is not familiar with the concept of the array at all, it 
> doesn't matter if it's written as array(1,2,3) or [1,2,3]. That's not 
> what we are discussing right now.

My point is that if its written array(1,2,3) that have something to 
search for in the docs.  The new proposed syntax removes that keyword 
that a user can use to find the help they need.  As I said, back ticks, 
as well as ternary, both suffer from this problem.  I see no reason to 
add another hurdle for new users when there is no clear advantage to 
this new syntax.  And, IMO, clear means that a majority of people think 
its a no brainer.  I would say right now we have nothing of the sort.

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