On 21.03.2020 at 19:31, Andrea Faulds wrote:
> However, we don't have to be so imaginitive and adapt a similar feature,
> because C# already has the exact feature you are proposing, and calls it
> “object initialisers”:
>
> Foo foo = new Foo {
> bar = 1,
> baz = 2,
> };
>
> (I am again assuming the call to the constructor has no arguments. If
> there are arguments, they go before the opening `{` in C#.)
>
> I am neutral on whether it's a better or worse syntax than using `->`.
>
> Side-note, C# even supports a special kind of anonymous classes with
> “object initialisers”:
>
> var foo = new {
> bar = 1,
> baz = 2,
> };
>
> I think PHP won't need this given `new stdClass {` would work perfectly
> well, although it would be nice to have a shorter and prettier
> alternative to the current `(object)[`.
>
> Anyway, thanks for proposing something I have wanted for ages but never
> gotten round to implementing. :)
This is exactly what the recently declined Object Initializer RFC[1]
proposed. :)
[1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/object-initializer>
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