Req #68178 [Opn->Sus]: JSON Native Support

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68178&edit=1 ID: 68178 Updated by: stas@php.net Reported by: php at xkr dot es Summary: JSON Native Support -Status: Open +Status: Suspended Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for your interest in PHP and for submitting a feature request. Please be aware that due to the magnitude of change this request requires, it would be necessary to discuss it on PHP Internals list (internals@lists.php.net) as an RFC. Please read the guide about creating RFCs here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto If you haven't had experience with writing RFCs before, it is advised to seek guidance on the Internals list (http://php.net/mailing-lists.php) and/or solicit help from one of the experienced developers. Please to not consider this comment as a negative view on the merits of your proposal - every proposal which requires changes of certain magnitude, even the very successful and widely supported ones, must be done through the RFC process. This helps make the process predictable, transparent and accessible to all developers. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-23 18:10:46] aharvey@php.net Changing package; this isn't a spec bug as such. New features should be proposed as RFCs, generally speaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-08 15:00:50] cmbecker69 at gmx dot de Not long ago a similar solution has been proposed as RFC[1], but it was rejected. [1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/bare_name_array_literal> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-08 08:19:43] php at xkr dot es Thanks datibbaw, first heard about that, I've just seen it was introduced in PHP 5.4, it's a great approximation to the JSON structure, although is not compatible for the arrow, but at least it's cleaner. I hope anyway the consideration of a full support will be great. If you think it will not be an improvement, close the suggestion. Thanks again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-08 01:51:59] datibbaw@php.net You could also use short array syntax: $a = [['a' => 'b', 'c' => 'CONST', 'd' => null], ['e' => 1.23], ['f' => true]]; Two less characters and I had enough room to space everything out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-10-07 14:04:37] php at xkr dot es Shortly, yes. This is not to be considered as an "echo" or "print" alias discussion. In a broader term, JSON is the data structure most used by programmers in the web development, so I propose a convergence to this widely used data structure. There are a lot of this to do in PHP, and I conseder this is not the first one, but it will be fine if PHP programmers consider this for the future. Thanks for your comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68178 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68178&edit=1