Re: cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/array/functions array-combine.xml array-count-values.xml array-diff-assoc.xml array-diff.xml array-filter.xml
array-flip.xml array-intersect-assoc.xml array-int

On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > >>>actually, array and return are language constructs, so they should have > >>>the space, like: > >> > >>>array ('foo'); > >> > >>That elements are lang.contructs, but looks like as functions. > >>So, i checked PEAR codes. All PEAR codes (including class Pear > >>in PEAR.php) handles array() as functions, without spaces before > >>opening bracket. > > > > It's still wrong :) array and return are not functions, they might look > > like them, but they aren't. The whole point of not using a space between > > functionname and parameters, and using a space with constructs is that > > you then can easily seperate them. > > As far as I interpret PEAR CS, you add space between control structures > and parentheses, eg. "if (", but not between other constructs, like > "echo(". There is no statement on function looking non-functions in PEAR You shouldn't use () with echo anyway, it can do things you won't expect. array and return are control structures too, so I don't see why they should be different. (array is not that obvious, but return is definitely a control structure (it controls the end of a function/include file)). Both echo and return do not need ()'s anyway... unless you really need to group things (which only makes sense with return of course). Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------