Req #53266 [NEW]: Shorthand object initializer

From: Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:28:02 +0000
Subject: Req #53266 [NEW]: Shorthand object initializer
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Operating system: Any (Windows 7)
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          SPL related
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:Shorthand object initializer

Description:
------------
Hi,

To often I've been in the situation where I prefer to use an object rather
than 
an associative array to manage data, and in order to keep my code clean, I

prefer to do this:

return (object)array(
  'one'=>1,
  'two'=>2,
  'three'=>3,
  'four'=>4,
);

Rather than this:

$data = new stdClass();
$data->one = 1;
$data->two = 2;
$data->three = 3;
$data->four = 4;
return $data;

AFAIK, arrays and objects are similar internally, so why not allow this:

return object(
  'one'=>1,
  'two'=>2,
  'three'=>3,
  'four'=>4,
);

Following the same rule than array to object casting:

return object(
  'one'=>1,
  'two'=>2,
  'three'=>3,
  'four'=>4,
  5
);

"5" would be ignored since its key would be numeric.

Regards,

David


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