Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)

Hello, On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote: > Personally, I think focusing on a character savings is the wrong > reason to take on any problem.  I don't care how long it takes for me > to type code.  I don't care how much extra hdd space it takes.  But > what I do care about is how readable it is. > > To me, the array shortcut syntax is pointless.  Do you really mean to > tell me that [1, 2] is more readable/easier to understand than > array(1,2)?  To me, it's about a wash. > > However, the object shortcut syntax is a major win.  For example: > > $person = new stdClass(); > $person->city = 'ogden'; > $person->state = 'ut'; > $perspn->country = 'usa'; > $person->favoriteNumbers = array(4, 12, 37, 42); > $person->somethingWithNumbers(); > $person->unluckyNumbers = array(6, 13, 21); > $person->likesPhp = 'very much so'; > > vs > > $person =  { 'name' => 'Justin', >   'city' => 'ogden', >   'state' => 'ut', >   'country' => 'usa', >   'favoriteNumbers' => [ 4, 12, 37, 42], >   'unluckyNumbers' => [ 6, 13, 21], >   'likesPhp' => 'very much so' > } > > Did you notice what happened there?  There's two differences.  Try to > find them.  Neither would be possible with the shortcut syntax. > I don't think doing this is a very big deal, even in the case of Array(). $person = (object) [ 'name' => 'Justin',   'city' => 'ogden',   'state' => 'ut',   'country' => 'usa',   'favoriteNumbers' => [ 4, 12, 37, 42],   'unluckyNumbers' => [ 6, 13, 21],   'likesPhp' => 'very much so' ]