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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:05:21 +0100
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To: PHP Internals List <internals@lists.php.net>
Cc: Daniel Convissor <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Object and Array Literals
From: dragoonis@gmail.com (Paul Dragoonis)

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Daniel Convissor
<danielc@analysisandsolutions.com> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I wasn't keen on earlier proposals for the [] array syntax. =A0Sean, your
> case is laid out in a clear manner and addresses my concerns. =A0I like
> this RFC.
>
>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 * Strictness of unquoted keys.
>
> Keys should be quoted. =A0At the very least, unquoted keys should raise a=
n
> E_NOTICE.
>
>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 * Support =3D> in addition to : as a key:value separator.
>
> I guess.
>
>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 * possibility of simply not supporting the \u### syntax for =
Unicode
>> =A0 characters in literal strings (just like the rest of PHP).
>
> It'd be nice to have, but not essential.
>
>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 * Should mixed-format (numeric and associative arrays) be al=
lowed?
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 (e.g. [1,'two':2, 3])
>
> Yes, just like JSON (kind of) and PHP support.

I +1  the JSON syntax for keys on objects and arrays. Specifically I
mean quoting the keys, this will remove ambiguity if it was supposed
to use a constant or whatnot. String quoted keys++

>
> Thanks,
>
> --Dan
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