Re: RFC proposal for alternative list syntax

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > >> // With the new array syntax this has been improved to >> >> list ($a, $b) = [1, 2]; >> >> // I think this new syntax should logically extend to >> >> [$a, $b] = [1, 2]; > > list() and array() are two different language constructs, using the same > syntax for them is a bad idea. I tend to agree here but it exists elsewhere and is quite handy. Also the behavior of this expression, in this case, is obvious. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org