Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:5216 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 99727 invoked by uid 1010); 5 Nov 2003 13:18:37 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 99683 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2003 13:18:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO jdi.jdimedia.nl) (212.204.192.51) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 13:18:37 -0000 Received: from jdi.jdimedia.nl (jdi.jdimedia.nl [212.204.192.51]) by jdi.jdimedia.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hA5DIYcS003649; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:18:35 +0100 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:18:34 +0100 (CET) X-X-Sender: derick@jdi.jdimedia.nl To: Ilia Alshanetsky cc: Christian Schneider , internals@lists.php.net In-Reply-To: <200311050806.53186.ilia@prohost.org> Message-ID: References: <20031104233306.34859.qmail@pb1.pair.com> <200311050806.53186.ilia@prohost.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Proposal: Array syntax From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans) On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > I do not like the new syntax at all. If anything it seems rather unnatural and > what do you save, typing of 5 characters that makes it clear that this is an > array to even the most novice of users? It certainly not going to make the > code any faster and if anything will only add confusion. > > Firm -1. Right, one point of confusion is using [] both for initialising array and indexing them. I'm -1 on this too, array() and range() wosk fine. Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------