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Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:29:00 -0700
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To: Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)
From: chrisstocktonaz@gmail.com (Chris Stockton)

Hello,

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> Personally, I think focusing on a character savings is the wrong
> reason to take on any problem. =A0I don't care how long it takes for me
> to type code. =A0I don't care how much extra hdd space it takes. =A0But
> what I do care about is how readable it is.
>
> To me, the array shortcut syntax is pointless. =A0Do you really mean to
> tell me that `[1, 2]` is more readable/easier to understand than
> `array(1,2)`? =A0To me, it's about a wash.
>
> However, the object shortcut syntax is a major win. =A0For example:
>
> $person =3D new stdClass();
> $person->city =3D 'ogden';
> $person->state =3D 'ut';
> $perspn->country =3D 'usa';
> $person->favoriteNumbers =3D array(4, 12, 37, 42);
> $person->somethingWithNumbers();
> $person->unluckyNumbers =3D array(6, 13, 21);
> $person->likesPhp =3D 'very much so';
>
> vs
>
> $person =3D =A0{ 'name' =3D> 'Justin',
> =A0 'city' =3D> 'ogden',
> =A0 'state' =3D> 'ut',
> =A0 'country' =3D> 'usa',
> =A0 'favoriteNumbers' =3D> [ 4, 12, 37, 42],
> =A0 'unluckyNumbers' =3D> [ 6, 13, 21],
> =A0 'likesPhp' =3D> 'very much so'
> }
>
> Did you notice what happened there? =A0There's two differences. =A0Try to
> find them. =A0Neither would be possible with the shortcut syntax.
>

I don't think doing this is a very big deal, even in the case of Array().
 $person =3D (object)=A0[ 'name' =3D> 'Justin',
 =A0 'city' =3D> 'ogden',
 =A0 'state' =3D> 'ut',
 =A0 'country' =3D> 'usa',
 =A0 'favoriteNumbers' =3D> [ 4, 12, 37, 42],
 =A0 'unluckyNumbers' =3D> [ 6, 13, 21],
 =A0 'likesPhp' =3D> 'very much so'
 ]