> On Sep 2, 2024, at 12:42 PM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecke...@gmx.de> wrote: > > On 02.09.2024 at 16:51, Mike Schinkel wrote: > >> Generally I am one who welcomes new feature ideas, but I fear that string >> literals as object properties would break a valuable assumption that all >> properties must be a valid identifier. Without that assumption I fear many >> things that would become more complex. > > Is that so? See <https://3v4l.org/bZTFi>.
Consider me corrected. I seem to now remember once knowing this was possible since you point it out. I think my subconscious must have caused me to repress that memory given the tragedy of it when I read Hammad's proposal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> So I am sympathetic to the desire to improve the language. However I fear >> this specific change would create more pain than pleasure. Better IMO to >> look for less disruptive solutions to achieve the same goals. For example, >> if the Enum+Attributes approach meets your needs aside from having too much >> boilerplate, maybe we could enhance PHP to have less of that boilerplate? > > ACK Can you elaborate on what 'ACK' means in this context? -Mike
