# Proposal: Array syntax

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/5252
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/5252
- Started by Romans Malinovskis on 2003-11-05T17:48:35+00:00
- Messages: 2
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## #5252 — Romans Malinovskis — 2003-11-05T17:48:35+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/5252#5252

> The devs are mostly at the conference now. I think it is easy to discuss.
> I won't be surprised if cons after that are more than pros.

I think end-user / newbie votes should be rather considered than dev's since
they are ones who will be learning and getting used to this syntax. So why
don't place a pool on some php developer website? That would be more correct
to php real users.

r

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## #5257 — Cesare D'Amico — 2003-11-05T18:22:24+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/5252#5257 · In reply to: #5252

Alle 18:48, mercoledì 5 novembre 2003, Romans Malinovskis ha scritto:
> > […]
>
> I think end-user / newbie votes should be rather considered than
> dev's since they are ones who will be learning and getting used to
> this syntax. So why don't place a pool on some php developer website?
> That would be more correct to php real users.

I don't think so. Dev's have an understanding of php as a whole that 
most people haven't, so they are more clever in judging new features.

Moreover, i agree with Steph:

> I think it would be cool to have the cleaner alternative syntax; I
> think I'd use it *in some situations and not others*, and I think that
> that in itself would make my code virtually unmaintainable by anyone
> else.

This is really a good point to me.

Ciao
     ce
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