I think it's actually more readable especially for people coming from other languages. I've always found the array() syntax not quite as readable as other languages because it allows for less structuring esp. with nesting. I actually find it harder to digest despite it being more verbose (which in most cases is not the case). It's definitely not about saving letters. I never favor saving typing unless there's a good reason. In this case I think it's just a better syntax which we should have used from day 1.
Andi > -----Original Message----- > From: Ilia Alshanetsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 9:28 AM > To: Andi Gutmans > Cc: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Syntactic improvement to array > > I have to second Marcus on this, this new syntax makes things > harder to read. I mean what are you saving here, a few letter? > > Ilia > > > On 4-Feb-07, at 2:25 AM, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I thought I may have brought this up a long time ago but > couldn't find > > anything in the archives. > > For a long time already I've been thinking about possibly > adding a new > > syntax for array(...) which would be shorter. I'd suggest > [...]. While > > I am usually not in favor of having more than one way to do > things, I > > think it'd look much more elegant especially (but not only) > for nested > > arrays. > > > > So what I'm thinking of is: > > array(1, 2, 3) == [1, 2, 3] > > array(1, 2, array("foo", "bar")) == [1, 2, ["foo", "bar"]] > array("key" > > => 1, "key2" => 2) == ["key" => 1, "key2" => 2] > > > > $arr = [1, 2, 3] > > vs. > > $arr = array(1, 2, 3) > > > > Well enough examples given :) > > I think it's not worth doing unless there's overwhelming support as > > it's not desperately needed. But I'd be interested to hear people's > > thoughts. It seems implementation shouldn't be an issue but > I'd have > > to dive a bit deeper. > > > > Andi > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To > unsubscribe, > > visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > Ilia Alshanetsky > > > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
