Re: Syntactic improvement to array

Hi Andi, On 2/4/07, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote:

Hi, I thought I may have brought this up a long time ago but couldn't find anything in the archives. For a long time already I've been thinking about possibly adding a new syntax for array(...) which would be shorter. I'd suggest [...]. While I am usually not in favor of having more than one way to do things, I think it'd look much more elegant especially (but not only) for nested arrays. So what I'm thinking of is: array(1, 2, 3) == [1, 2, 3] array(1, 2, array("foo", "bar")) == [1, 2, ["foo", "bar"]] array("key" => 1, "key2" => 2) == ["key" => 1, "key2" => 2] $arr = [1, 2, 3] vs. $arr = array(1, 2, 3) Well enough examples given :) I think it's not worth doing unless there's overwhelming support as it's not desperately needed. But I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts. It seems implementation shouldn't be an issue but I'd have to dive a bit deeper.

I like this syntax, it is clear and easy to write. All other languages use this syntax already (using either {} or [] but same principle) and it can be done while keeping the classic array() definition. No need to mention the numerous requests to add it to php. --Pierre