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Subject: Re: Array syntax []
From: idler@instanceof.ru (Max Antonov)

I use PHP since version 5.0 release
I'd like use this syntax
$a =3D [ 2,6,9 ];
$b =3D ['a'=3D>1 , 'v'=3D>'string'];
foo(['bar'=3D>2, 'test'=3Dnull]);

Andi Gutmans =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
> Andi 2003:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg03896.html
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> Andi's brain evolves 2007:
> http://marc.info/?l=3Dphp-internals&m=3D117057393530217&w=3D2
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> And today I'm still +1.
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> I really think by looking at some of the examples I worked through with=

> my original posting in February and some of the recent comments the
> majority of people find [] more readable. It's cleaner, shorter and
> comes natural to most people. It's not about saving 5 characters as I
> type quickly, I really feel it's more readable and natural. We're kind
> of odd as a language in that sense i.e. array(...)
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> I think almost everyone here agreed it'd benefit them and maybe the one=
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> who don't would go through the same process I went through once they ge=
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> used to it J
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> Andi
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