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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)
From: kontakt@beberlei.de (Benjamin Eberlei)


 On Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:27:36 -0400, Sean Coates wrote:
> This discussion seems to lack real-world examples…
>
> Derick wrote:
>> I'm still -1 on it. It makes absolutely unreadable code (yes, also 
>> in
>> JavaScript with f.e. MongoDB).
>
>
> Here's an actual snippet from my production code (which interfaces
> with ElasticSearch):
> http://paste.roguecoders.com/p/0747f2363c228a09e0ddd6f8ec52f2e8.html
>
> If you consider this readable, you're fare more literate than I will
> ever be (-:
>

 Imho, this example just lacks a good OO abstraction (Query Builder) 
 that has a toMongoQueryArray() method.

> …
>
> Gustavo wrote:
>
>> $a[array()];
>>
>> is much more clear than
>>
>> $a[[]]
>
> Anyone who considers themselves skilled enough to participate in a
> language-forming discussion like this one should also have the
> prerequisite ability to determine that using an [empty] array as an
> array key is a horrible idea, and they deserve whatever weirdness
> ensues. IMO.
>
> S