Hi Mel Dafert, > >I would prefer an improved syntax for creation of anonymous objects. This > >is something which I have been annoyed with, myself.I'd like to see a > >simple way of creating anonymous objects with typed properties. > > Another advantage arrays currently have over anonymous objects is > destructuring - > if this was (somehow?) also made possible with objects, this would be the > best of both worlds. > (Returning multiple named values from a function is also mentioned in the > use-cases of the RFC.) > I know this works: > > ``` > [ "foo" => $foo, "baz" => $baz ] = (array) $object; > ``` > > (Alternatively also using get_object_vars() instead of casting.) > But we both have to convert to an intermediate array again, and lose the > type information of the object (eg. for static analysis), so this could also > be > made more ergonomic if we want to go down the anonymous object route.
Ideas for syntax: There's `object(foo: $foo, 'hyphenated-key' => $key) = $object;`, but that would require making `object` a reserved keyword, and it currently isn't one. - I had suggested using `$x = object(foo: $foo);` as a shorthand for `$x = (object)['foo' => $foo];` at some point. Feedback was negative for largely unrelated reasons (stdClass in general). https://externals.io/message/112082 `object{foo: $foo}` seems similarly unambiguous by requiring at least one property but would also require a new reserved word Or `({ foo: $foo }) = $object;` - On second thought, I'm against that - that is very likely to conflict with possible future proposals to parse block expressions. (e.g. getting parsed as a label for a goto followed by returning the variable $foo.) `list{ foo: $foo } = $object` is unambiguous, I guess `(object)['foo' => $foo] = $object;` was another idea but that wouldn't even work. It's already valid syntax that is parsed as casting an assignment to an object. `->{'foo' => $foo} = $object;` may be parseable but doesn't make much sense. Thanks, Tyson -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php
