Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)

Hello, On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Michael Shadle <mike503@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > > 5 character difference for each array being saved. That's it. At the > expense of syntax highlighters, IDEs, books, all becoming outdated and > need to be updated. For a language construct that has been around for > what, 10 years? > My desire and perhaps the viewpoint of many others to use ":" over "=>" has very little to do with typing a extra character. This feature I have seen brought up on the list time and time again, some 8 years ago being the first. Just recently more people are in favor of it I'm sure largely due to the common use and readability of JSON. I understand this discussion is for "array shorthand syntax.." but I think really people just want to define their data structures like they do in JSON, I would hate to see such a common and familiar syntax be changed just for the sake of principal/familiarity. The take away from this is simply: I think we would be butchering a very clean, precise and extremely familiar syntax if we use => just to be "PHP". -Chris