Re: [RFC] Square brackets shortcut

On Jan 11, 2008 2:17 PM, Geoffrey Sneddon <foolistbar@googlemail.com> wrote: > I don't think tiredness to type an extra five characters should be an > excuse to change the syntax. No, but clarity of expression is a valid reason to do so. > > a) Commit square bracket array shortcut patch > > keys and values are separated by colons. > Breaks from PHP's => for no apparent reason (one character too many > character this time?), which is just confusing (that's an implicit -1). Agreed; > > b) Commit square bracket array shortcut patch > > keys and values are separated by double arrows. > Breaks backwards compatibility to save typing five characters. See > above. -1. > It doesn't break backwards compatibility; the new syntax is an alias, not a replacement. The older array() syntax will still be in place, if I've understood the earlier posts correctly. -- Mark Dennehy