RE: [PHP-DEV] [SPAM] Re: [PHP-DEV] Syntactic improvement to array

On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:08 +0000, Ford, Mike wrote: > On 05 February 2007 17:29, Brian Moon wrote: > > That is why you have coding standards. Our doucment states that this > > should be written as: > > > > $a = array( > > 1 => array('pears', 'apples'), > > 2 => array('juice', 'oranges') > > ); > > > > I believe in either syntax, proper formatting of complex data > > can solve > > the readablity problems. > > Solve, no. Alleviate, yes. > > Given the above, the layout tells me there's some kind of structure > going on, but I still have to actually *read* it to discover > that there are arrays involved (and where they start and end). > > With this version: > > $a = [ > 1 => ['pears', 'apples'], > 2 => ['juice', 'oranges'] > ]; > > I can take one glance and tell there are nested arrays involved, and > what their scopes are -- I'd say my comprehension speed is at least > an order of magnitude faster! > > *That* makes this syntax a no-brainer for me, personally ;-) Ummm, you still had to read it. One "glance" just so happens to involve the brain grokking the content, just like reading. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'