Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)
| From: | Rasmus | Date: | Tue, 31 May 2011 21:59:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux) | ||
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On 05/31/2011 02:45 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?
Not if we present this as native json support in PHP. Then we have to
support the {} version. Other than a couple of grumpy old-timers, I
think we are in agreement that we should add a short array syntax.
Whether we should extend that to also add a short object syntax is a
secondary question.
Just as a data point, I gave a presentation in Mexico a couple of days
ago to a couple of hundred kids where I went over the accepted new
features in 5.4 and also a short list of features under discussion, and
this short array syntax got the most applause by far. It is much harder
to explain traits than this feature.
-Rasmus