Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)

Would seem to me a more elegant solution would to just drop the idea of json interoperability and go with something that works for PHP. ('a'=>'b', 0=>1234) perhaps? On May 31, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > Rasmus, > > Don't you think having support for both ['a':1, 'b':2] and > {'a':1, > 'b':2} would create confusion? > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Rasmus <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote: >> On 05/31/2011 11:52 AM, Sean Coates wrote: >>> I'm one of the people who've brought it up on Twitter. Today's >>> discussion seems to have earned some traction, which is a step in the right direction, I believe. >>> >>>> I would prefer (as Rasmus pointed out) not to start a long discussion about it. >>>> Primarily I would be curious if anyone on the lists (from the RFC wiki page) below would like to >>>> change your vote or if you are not listed below and would like to be counted, that would be great >>>> too. >>> >>> At risk of turning this into a longer-than-necessary discussion, I believe a new RFC is >>> required at this point. Making [ and ] work as (T_ARRAY, '(') and (')'), >>> respectively is no longer good enough, for the main reason you've pointed out: JSON is becoming >>> ubiquitous; actual first-class JSON would be very valuable to me. >> >> The tricky part with going all json is the syntax, specifically the {}'s >> >> But I think it is doable, mostly because this is not valid today: >> >> $a = true ? { 1 : 2 }; >> >> And in json if you have {}'s you have to have a ':' inside. >> >> I have always preferred to "borrow" a familiar syntax from other >> languages that the average PHP user is comfortable with instead of >> making up a new one. >> >> Stas, I didn't understand your point about eval() and security. What did >> you mean? >> >> -Rasmus >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >