Re: [RFC] Bare Name Array

On 1 Jun 2014, at 19:56, Rafael Kassner <kassner@php.net> wrote: > You missed my point, I'm not saying about undefined constants, I'm saying > about the usage of defined constants as array keys. If the array > declaration don't expand constants to strings anymore, many code will > break. I haven’t changed that. => still works the same as ever. I’m adding a colon syntax which takes a bare name instead of an expression. > If we expand constants within array declaration, someone can mess up > the code by adding a define() somewhere above and don't even realize what's > wrong (constants have global scope). But that’s how it works at present. People writing array(foo => 3) and assuming that’s the same as array(‘foo’ => 3) need to try turning display_errors on. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/