Re: Revisiting the "Named Arguments" RFC

Am 12.01.2014 20:31 schrieb "Rowan Collins" <rowan.collins@gmail.com>: > > On 12/01/2014 08:16, Patrick Schaaf wrote: >> >> Regarding Syntax at the call site, I feel that it is exactly right the way >> it is proposed / implemented now. That way mirrors most closely the syntax >> of static array definition, while saving some typing (omitting of double >> quotes) where key names do not clash with keywords. In fact, once >> established, I would love static array initialization to also permit >> nonclashing keys to omit the doublequotes :) > > > Personally, I'm against allowing barewords to act as strings wherever they don't - currently - clash with keywords, for two reasons: >... > Secondly, barewords already have a specific meaning in PHP: constants. By convention, constants are UPPER_CASE, but the engine doesn't actually care, and array(foo => bar) is actually valid PHP, but might be equivalent to array('six by nine' => 42), if that's what 'foo' and 'bar' are define()d as. I completely overlooked that. You are totally right. best regards Patrick