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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC proposal for alternative list syntax
From: julianrhind@outlook.com (Julian Rhind)

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Hi


Thanks all for the feedback - I'm posting back to get some "RFC karma" for =
my newly created wiki account please - so I can post my RFC - username is "=
julian"


Thanks


Regards


Julian


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From: Kris Craig <kris.craig@gmail.com>
Sent: 28 December 2015 18:40
To: Pierre Joye
Cc: PHP internals list; Julian Rhind; Stanislav Malyshev
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC proposal for alternative list syntax


On Dec 27, 2015 7:56 PM, "Pierre Joye" <pierre.php@gmail.com<mailto:pierre.=
php@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com<=
mailto:smalyshev@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> >> // With the new array syntax this has been improved to
> >>
> >> list ($a, $b) =3D [1, 2];
> >>
> >> // I think this new syntax should logically extend to
> >>
> >> [$a, $b] =3D [1, 2];
> >
> > list() and array() are two different language constructs, using the sam=
e
> > syntax for them is a bad idea.
>
> I tend to agree here but it exists elsewhere and is quite handy. Also
> the behavior of this expression, in this case, is obvious.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Pierre
>
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This could be very nice shortcut to have.  Seems intuitive enough; I doubt =
there'd be any serious confusion over this.

You should draft an RFC for this, OP.

--Kris

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