Re: Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)

+1 To be honest, ['a': 'b'] or ['a' => 'b'] is so much better than array('a' => 'b') for general use I don't even care which one is picked, as long as one of them is picked. -Dan On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Marcel Esser <marcel.esser@croscon.com>wrote: > From the perspective of someone that's just trying to get stuff done: > > $packet = array('response' => array('status' => 1,'message' > => ''),'data' > => array('id' => 1, 'username' => 'john doe')); > > $packet = ['response': ['status': 1, 'message': '', > 'data': ['id': 1, > 'username': 'john doe'] ] ]; > > The clarity improvement above is an exponential function that gets better > and better the more deeply nested you are. I don't know anyone that needs > the ability to support full JSON notation in PHP, but there are entirely too > many deeply nested array() declarations with lots of tabs in our lives, > especially when we start working with things like JSON and/or Mongo or xyz. > > That's all I wanted to say to this. > > Cheers, > M. > > -- > Marcel Esser > Vice President of Engineering, CROSCON > +1 (202) 470-6090 > marcel.esser@croscon.com > > Before printing this e-mail, please consider the rainforest. >