Re: Object and Array Literals

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Daniel Convissor <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com> wrote: > Hi: > > I wasn't keen on earlier proposals for the [] array syntax.  Sean, your > case is laid out in a clear manner and addresses my concerns.  I like > this RFC. > > >>       * Strictness of unquoted keys. > > Keys should be quoted.  At the very least, unquoted keys should raise an > E_NOTICE. > > >>       * Support => in addition to : as a key:value separator. > > I guess. > > >>       * possibility of simply not supporting the \u### syntax for Unicode >>   characters in literal strings (just like the rest of PHP). > > It'd be nice to have, but not essential. > > >>       * Should mixed-format (numeric and associative arrays) be allowed? >>       (e.g. [1,'two':2, 3]) > > Yes, just like JSON (kind of) and PHP support. I +1 the JSON syntax for keys on objects and arrays. Specifically I mean quoting the keys, this will remove ambiguity if it was supposed to use a constant or whatnot. String quoted keys++ > > Thanks, > > --Dan > > -- >  T H E   A N A L Y S I S   A N D   S O L U T I O N S   C O M P A N Y >            data intensive web and database programming >                http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ >  4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232  v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >