On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 03:20:40PM -0800, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > Hi! > > > // With the new array syntax this has been improved to > > > > list ($a, $b) = [1, 2]; > > > > // I think this new syntax should logically extend to > > > > [$a, $b] = [1, 2]; > > list() and array() are two different language constructs, using the same > syntax for them is a bad idea.
What he wrote looks very perl-ish, but with [] instead of (). The perl ideom to swap the values of 2 variables: ($b, $a) = ($a, $b); could be written in PHP as: [$b, $a] = [$a, $b]; Looked at that way (left hand of '=' only) it is not that bad. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
