Re: dropping curly braces

Hi. Is there really a good reason to drop {} string access? Does it make the engine better? Are you going to use {} for something else? If not, then wouldn't it make logical sense to do what was documented and drop the [] syntax? Sure, I've read the argument that [] is used in other languages but as we all know, PHP != (insert language) so that is not really valid. I've read the argument that [] "makes more sense" but obviously it has long ago been decided and documented otherwise. I've read that dropping [] will break apps -- but that is equally true for {}. There seems to be no reason for this other than whim and that leaves a sour taste. Yes, we will update our codebases (thanks for the extra and pointless work, btw) but not to [] for string access but rather substr() which I hope is safer long-term. Future proofing is getting much harder because now we can't even rely on documented behaviours and existing deprecation notices. Some people will say, "Oh, it is safe to use [] so don't worry" but it seems that these same people said that about {}. If this makes PHP better in some way I could see the need but as it is, it seems like a pity to me. Best. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com