Re: Shorthand proposal for associative arrays

In my opinion this suggestion reduces readability and increases cognative burden and as such I hope it is not included. Regards On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 at 21:52, Fleshgrinder <php@fleshgrinder.com> wrote: > On 1/26/2018 7:16 PM, Christian Schneider wrote: > > Hi there, > > I have a proposal for a shorthand notation of associative arrays > borrowed from another language: > > :$foo > > would be equivalent to > > 'foo' => $foo > > and would work with array, list or [] > > > > Motivation behind it, maybe someone else finds more good uses: > > > > 1) Emulating named parameters with associative arrays like > > html::img([ 'src' => $src, 'alt' => $alt ]); > > could be written as > > html::img([ :$src, :$alt ]); > > which encourages consistent naming of variables and parameters > > > > 2) Simplifying list destructuring with non-integer keys, example taking > from > > http://php.net/manual/en/migration71.new-features.php#migration71.new-features.support-for-keys-in-list > > foreach ($data as ["id" => $id, "name" => $name]) { > > becomes > > foreach ($data as [ :$id, :$name ]) { > > which reduces redundancy. > > > > I implemented a minimal patch (2 lines are added to the parser) to > implement this which you can find at > > > > https://cschneid.com/php/php7_2/assoc_array_shorthand.patch > > > > What do you think, is this worth an RFC? I hope I didn't miss an > existing one :-) > > > > Regards, > > - Chris > > > > > > Hi Chris! > > I really like this proposal. compact is cumbersome to use, or > lets > say, almost impossible without an intelligent IDE. However, what is more > important is the fact that is would allow for a very readable and usable > approach for destructuring of associative arrays (as illustrated by your > example) which is very, very neat. The change is also extremely minimal > which speaks for it. > > I would support you in writing up an RFC for this (if desired). > > -- > Richard "Fleshgrinder" Fussenegger > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Richard Jennings Jennings Technology Limited Company Number: 09827512 VAT Number: 224 8864 84