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Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 23:18:10 +0800
To: "Stan Vassilev | FM" <sv_forums@fmethod.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Short syntax for array literals [...]
From: wangyi6854@gmail.com ("Yi Wang")

I'm not using this syntax. But I don't oppose it.

On 5/22/08, Stan Vassilev | FM <sv_forums@fmethod.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I hear this often by other developers and I tend to agree with them, that arrays are used often, and often nested, so that having a long syntax for array literals tend to produce less legible code than in other scriping languages.
>
>  $a = array(array(1,2), array(3,4), 5, 6);
>
>  $b = array('a' => 1, 'b' =>2);
>
>  We use arrays in our configurations, in passing complex parameters to functions, fetching information from databases, basically everything. So it adds up.
>
>  Some frameworks have somewhat funny attempts to remedy this by introducing "shortcuts" like this:   function a() { return func_get-args(); }. Of course this doesn't work when you need to specify the key name, and the overhead isn't worth it.
>
>  It looks as there may not be a specific reason not to allow the JS syntax as an alternative syntax (while keeping the current one in parallel):
>
>  $a = [[1, 2], [3, 4], 5, 6];
>
>  $b = ['a' => 1, 'b' =>2];
>
>  There shouldn't be confusion to the parser as the brackets aren't preceded by an identifier.
>
>  Was this discussed before on the list?
>
>  Regards,
>
> Stan Vassilev


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Regards,
Wang Yi