Re: RFC: Short syntax for Arrays (redux)

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Sean Coates <sean@seancoates.com> wrote: >>> If people vote on this now, will further discussion about how this SHOULD >>> work be shut down with "we already voted on this"? >> which other discussions do you wish? Json is clearly not an option and >> not enough people (but a couple) likes or wants it. >> >> The RFC is about short array syntax and as far as I can see there is >> already a clear consensus for one of the proposed new syntax. > > I don't see why JSON (or JSON-like, or JavaScript Object Literal, or whatever the least > politically-fired term of the moment) syntax is "clearly" not an option. I'm > considering writing a new RFC that calls for first-class JSONishy syntax, but I have better things > to do if it's already dead in the water. > > As much as I'd like to avoid drawing out this discussion, I think a premature vote that > will be used as a political wedge to shut down all future syntaxes that don't use T_ARRAY is > not in the best interest of PHP. You can still vote -1 on this RFC and try to block it. That's the purpose of the votes. But arguing endlessly why json-like syntax is better without an alternative RFC and patch won't bring you anywhere. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org