Re: Re: Short syntax for array literals [...]

On Wed, 28 May 2008, Antony Dovgal wrote: > On 28.05.2008 10:44, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > Today's web developer is typically writing half their app in some > > variety of Ecmascript, either Javascript or Actionscript and this > > array syntax is second nature to all those folks. > > I don't recall any languages to introduce new syntax because it's so > handy to those who come from PHP and I see no reasons for us to do it > either. I perfectly understand that we (well, you) did it many times > in the beginning, but I believe that time is now gone. > > The array syntax we have exists for many years and is used in > gazillions lines of code, it's known to every developer who have ever > seen a PHP script. In the same time, the [] syntax will definitely > confuse people (wth? this surely looks like invalid syntax!) and will > only help to those how don't know PHP, but have a certain experience > with *script languages, i.e. you're going to do a favor for 1% and > confuse the remaining 99%. Right, and I will add immediately to my coding standard that this is forbidden to use. regards, Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ezcomponents.org | http://xdebug.org