Re: Syntactic improvement to array

On Sun, February 4, 2007 1:25 am, Andi Gutmans wrote: > 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 somewhat prefer seeing 'array' there so I know what the [bleep] is going on, personally. -0.3 -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?