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

Hello Sebastian, -1, right now we have [] only in read context. And an array will be constructed with 'array' keyword. Loosing this distinction is a bit of a draw back for me. marcus Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 12:58:24 AM, you wrote: > fyi - i added a RFC > http://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortsyntaxforarrays > please add your votes > cheers > Sebastian > Sebastian Deutsch schrieb: >> dont have karma - but I would love it! so +1 here. >> would it make sense to write an RFC? >> >> cheers >> >> Sebastian >> >> Stan Vassilev | FM schrieb: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I hear this often by other developers and I tend to agree with them, >>> that arrays are used often, and often nested, so that having a long >>> syntax for array literals tend to produce less legible code than in >>> other scriping languages. >>> >>> $a = array(array(1,2), array(3,4), 5, 6); >>> >>> $b = array('a' => 1, 'b' =>2); >>> >>> We use arrays in our configurations, in passing complex parameters to >>> functions, fetching information from databases, basically everything. >>> So it adds up. >>> >>> Some frameworks have somewhat funny attempts to remedy this by >>> introducing "shortcuts" like this: function a() { return >>> func_get-args(); }. Of course this doesn't work when you need to >>> specify the key name, and the overhead isn't worth it. >>> >>> It looks as there may not be a specific reason not to allow the JS >>> syntax as an alternative syntax (while keeping the current one in >>> parallel): >>> >>> $a = [[1, 2], [3, 4], 5, 6]; >>> >>> $b = ['a' => 1, 'b' =>2]; >>> >>> There shouldn't be confusion to the parser as the brackets aren't >>> preceded by an identifier. >>> >>> Was this discussed before on the list? >>> >>> Regards, Stan Vassilev Best regards, Marcus