Bug #67781 [Fbk->NoF]: Use array() instead of square brackets

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67781&edit=1 ID: 67781 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: joelm@php.net Summary: Use array() instead of square brackets -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Bug Package: PHP Language Specification PHP Version: PHP-5.6 Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-06-28 21:54:01] stas@php.net I don't think we need to change the examples - [] is a legit feature of PHP and should not be avoided, unless it is confusing in a specific case. Not sure though which changes you ask for in array-creation-operator - could you elaborate? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-08-06 21:58:16] ajf@php.net I'd say "the array literal syntax". It's a literal, not an operator. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-08-06 21:56:18] fa@php.net I am not a native speaker, but wouldn't "the xy operator" imply some sort of uniqueness in a general sense? Especially as "the array operator []" is also "the subscript operator []". I am thinking along the lines of "when using [] as the(an?) array operator". But that sounds less succinct and somehow less precise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-08-05 17:10:39] joelm@php.net There was disagreement here: "Both notations are permitted, and unless we’re going to deprecate one of them, we should be able to use both. If that causes a significant problem, then IMHO the wrong spelling was chosen for the new/alternate notation." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-08-05 17:09:56] joelm@php.net Description: ------------ https://github.com/php/php-langspec/blob/master/spec/10-expressions.md#array-creation-operator It might be better to say that "array(..)" is the 'array creation operator' and mostly use "array(..)" instead of "[..]" in examples. Most existing PHP code uses "array(..)" way more than "[..]" (because "[..]" was added very recently), and I think using "array(..)" as the 'array creation operator' helps disambiguate it from the subscript operator ("[]"). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67781&edit=1