Re: Object and Array Literals

hi Sean, Please add the RFC header so we know what's the status. Some comments: > $a = [1,2,'three']; I liked the existing RFC (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortsyntaxforarrays) so I indeed like it here too. > $a = ['one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 'three']; -1, did not like before, I still do not like it :) It will certainly create some confusions and does not bring a lot of benefits. I'm not sure how it will work either with a possible support of named arguments. Last but not least, has anyone played with the parser to implement it? Also the : syntax was not the preferred one either in the short syntax RFC. About the anonymous objects, the usage of stdclass is rare, at least for the ones I met or use. I'm not sure about the interoperability argument as conversions will still happen, so as someone else said, it looks familiar but has in my opinion nothing to do with interoperability. I'd to say a temporary -1. Something that can change my mind is the ability to initialize an object and its property using a similar syntax, but it sounds tricky or not too useful (getter/setter a la c# sounds much useful for example, if we need something in this area). A last comment for the record here, this whole JSON-like syntax sounds wrong to me from the beginning. JSON does not aim to be written or read by human being. It is about exchanging data between two ends. I don't think using it as a base for a syntax in a language is a good thing to do. On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Sean Coates <sean@seancoates.com> wrote: > Hello. > > I've posted a RFC concerning Object and Array Literals on the wiki: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/objectarrayliterals > > Please read, and if you have a comment that is not already covered in the RFC, raise it here. > I'm definitely open to discussion, but I would really love to keep this discussion civil. > > To get the ball rolling, here are a few points that I think we need to discuss: > >        • Strictness of unquoted keys. >        • Support => in addition to : as a key:value separator.. >        • possibility of simply not supporting the \u### syntax for Unicode characters in > literal strings (just like the rest of PHP). >        • Should mixed-format (numeric and associative arrays) be allowed? (e.g. > [1,'two':2, 3]) > > I beg you to keep name-calling, conclusion-jumping, and general hostility out of this thread. > Thanks for your attention. > > S > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org