Ford, Mike wrote:
I don't find:
$a = [1 => ['pears', 'apples'], 2 => ['juice', 'oranges']];
any less readable than:
$a = array(1 => array('pears', 'apples'), 2 => array('juice',
'oranges'));Quite the opposite actually :)
Me too - I go beyond Edin on this one, as I find the
array() version actually quite UNreadable and I have
difficulty picking out what the individual arrays are;
conversely, the [] version I take in at a glance.That is why you have coding standards. Our doucment states that this
should be written as:$a = array(
1 => array('pears', 'apples'),
2 => array('juice', 'oranges')
);I believe in either syntax, proper formatting of complex data
can solve
the readablity problems.
Solve, no. Alleviate, yes.
Given the above, the layout tells me there's some kind of structure
going on, but I still have to actually read it to discover
that there are arrays involved (and where they start and end).
With this version:
$a = [
1 => ['pears', 'apples'],
2 => ['juice', 'oranges']
];
I can take one glance and tell there are nested arrays involved, and
what their scopes are -- I'd say my comprehension speed is at least
an order of magnitude faster!
That makes this syntax a no-brainer for me, personally ;-)
Cheers!
Mike
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That is why you have coding standards. Our doucment states that this
should be written as:$a = array(
1 => array('pears', 'apples'),
2 => array('juice', 'oranges')
);I believe in either syntax, proper formatting of complex data
can solve
the readablity problems.Solve, no. Alleviate, yes.
Given the above, the layout tells me there's some kind of structure
going on, but I still have to actually read it to discover
that there are arrays involved (and where they start and end).With this version:
$a = [
1 => ['pears', 'apples'],
2 => ['juice', 'oranges']
];I can take one glance and tell there are nested arrays involved, and
what their scopes are -- I'd say my comprehension speed is at least
an order of magnitude faster!That makes this syntax a no-brainer for me, personally ;-)
Ummm, you still had to read it. One "glance" just so happens to involve
the brain grokking the content, just like reading.
Cheers,
Rob.
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That is why you have coding standards. Our doucment states that this
should be written as:$a = array(
1 => array('pears', 'apples'),
2 => array('juice', 'oranges')
);I believe in either syntax, proper formatting of complex data
can solve
the readablity problems.Solve, no. Alleviate, yes.
Given the above, the layout tells me there's some kind of structure
going on, but I still have to actually read it to discover
that there are arrays involved (and where they start and end).With this version:
$a = [
1 => ['pears', 'apples'],
2 => ['juice', 'oranges']
];I can take one glance and tell there are nested arrays involved, and
what their scopes are -- I'd say my comprehension speed is at least
an order of magnitude faster!That makes this syntax a no-brainer for me, personally ;-)
Ummm, you still had to read it. One "glance" just so happens to involve
the brain grokking the content, just like reading.
I must agree that the [] is easier/quicker to read than array(), but is it
really worth it ... too many syntaxes for the same thing ?
Anyway: it makes php look like perl -- and that would never do :-)
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Alain Williams wrote:
Anyway: it makes php look like perl -- and that would never do :-)
Can we please stop that FUD? (even if it is meant as a joke)
... if at all then you might say it looks like Javascript, Python or
Ruby. Perl uses an ugly mix of () and [] to emulate multi-dimensional
arrays rather unlike the syntax proposed here.
Thanks,
- Chris
Alain Williams wrote:
Anyway: it makes php look like perl -- and that would never do :-)
Can we please stop that FUD? (even if it is meant as a joke)
No: it was NOT a serious point. What is wrong with the occasional grin ?
... if at all then you might say it looks like Javascript, Python or
Ruby. Perl uses an ugly mix of () and [] to emulate multi-dimensional
arrays rather unlike the syntax proposed here.Thanks,
- Chris
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