Hi, I've been reading internals for a while and after reading some
messages in this specific topic (Short syntax for array literals) I
decided to give some userland input here as it seems it's somewhat a
rare ocurrence in this list.
If I had to guess, I'd say most people don't consider themselves worthy
to send input because they lack the knowledge to do so, being an
userland developer and not knowing a single line of code of the PHP core
(that's the reason I merely read this list instead of contributing). I
feel like nothing I have to say will help in any way, insted it will
only clutter the list.
Regarding this topic, I'd be happy to see this feature in the language
as I feel much more comfortable writing
$var = [ 1, 2, 3 ];
than
$var = array(1, 2, 3);
While I understand the concerns about readability and how this code will
look for the newcomers, I consider this syntax very natural and it
doesn't break backwards compatibility as it doesn't replaces the old
syntax, simply adds a new one.
I'll be contributing with my input as userland developer from now on if
it seems fit.
regards
Rodrigo Saboya
Sebastian Deutsch escreveu:
Hello Lars,
for an ambitious userland developer it is not very easy to follow this
list and even join the
discussions (though I think it's worth).
Maybe there should be a point where some discussions from internals
should be taken to lang - better
not this one, I don't want to fuel the fire again - but some discussions
really should.
But this is a matter of process, especially extracting the results and
save it at a place that is more accessible
and persistent than the mailing list archives. This process should not
imply that what's proposed there
should be realised - in the end the core developers have to make the
final decision. This process should be
an decision helper for all core developers who are undecided.
Sebastian
Lars Strojny schrieb:
Hi Sebastian,
Am Freitag, den 30.05.2008, 18:23 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Deutsch:
[...]
Nonetheless I feel that the userland is less represented on the
internals list - do you have a proposal to hear their voice?
Well, they can subscribe, can't they?
http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php
cu, Lars
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