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To: Ryusuke SEKIYAMA <rsky0711@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:17:49 +0000
References: <cfac20c70801100207g543a8bb6if21f5b35cdbeccb7@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Square brackets shortcut
From: foolistbar@googlemail.com (Geoffrey Sneddon)


On 10 Jan 2008, at 10:07, Ryusuke SEKIYAMA wrote:

> I'm tired to type "array()" many times. And I want to
> declare arrays more easily. So I wrote the patch for
> zend_language_parser.y which enables to declare arrays
> with square brackets like some other languages.

I don't think tiredness to type an extra five characters should be an =20=

excuse to change the syntax. There are language specifically designed =20=

to require the minimum number of characters to be typed =97 if this is a =
=20
real concern, you'd be better off using one of them and not PHP.

> There are three options:
>
> a) Commit square bracket array shortcut patch
>    keys and values are separated by colons.
>    ( http://www.opendogs.org/pub/php-5.3dev-080109-sbar.patch )
>    e.g.
>    $a =3D [1, 2, 3];
>    $b =3D ['foo': 'orange', 'bar': 'apple', 'baz': 'lemon'];

Breaks from PHP's =3D> for no apparent reason (one character too many =20=

character this time?), which is just confusing (that's an implicit -1).

> b) Commit square bracket array shortcut patch
>    keys and values are separated by double arrows.
>    ( http://www.opendogs.org/pub/php-5.3dev-080109-sbar2.patch )
>    e.g.
>    $a =3D [1, 2, 3];
>    $b =3D ['foo' =3D> 'orange', 'bar' =3D> 'apple', 'baz' =3D> =
'lemon'];

Breaks backwards compatibility to save typing five characters. See =20
above. -1.

> c) Reject and keep using `array()'.
>    e.g.
>    $a =3D array(1, 2, 3);
>    $b =3D array('foo' =3D> 'orange', 'bar' =3D> 'apple', 'baz' =3D> =
'lemon');

For all the above reasons, +1.



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Geoffrey Sneddon
<http://gsnedders.com/>