88 messages in net.php.lists.internalsRE: [PHP-DEV] Proposal: Array syntax| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Christian Schneider | Nov 4, 2003 3:32 pm |  .patch |
| Rasmus Lerdorf | Nov 4, 2003 5:06 pm | |
| Ken Tossell | Nov 4, 2003 5:09 pm | |
| Andi Gutmans | Nov 5, 2003 12:49 am | |
| Michael Walter | Nov 5, 2003 12:59 am | |
| Michael Walter | Nov 5, 2003 1:03 am | |
| Kouber Saparev | Nov 5, 2003 1:47 am | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 2:06 am | |
| s0niX | Nov 5, 2003 2:43 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 5, 2003 3:20 am | |
| Mike Robinson | Nov 5, 2003 3:26 am | |
| Dirkjan Ochtman | Nov 5, 2003 3:45 am | |
| Cesare D'Amico | Nov 5, 2003 4:02 am | |
| Alexey Trunyov | Nov 5, 2003 4:34 am | |
| Antony Dovgal | Nov 5, 2003 4:59 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 5:04 am | |
| Ilia Alshanetsky | Nov 5, 2003 5:06 am | |
| Magnus Määttä | Nov 5, 2003 5:07 am | |
| Derick Rethans | Nov 5, 2003 5:18 am | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 7:34 am | |
| Nicolas Toper | Nov 5, 2003 7:47 am | |
| Ilia Alshanetsky | Nov 5, 2003 7:56 am | |
| Antony Dovgal | Nov 5, 2003 8:03 am | |
| Rasmus Lerdorf | Nov 5, 2003 8:21 am | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 8:30 am | |
| Andrey Hristov | Nov 5, 2003 8:40 am | |
| Ilia Alshanetsky | Nov 5, 2003 8:47 am | |
| Andi Gutmans | Nov 5, 2003 8:47 am | |
| Jani Taskinen | Nov 5, 2003 8:49 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 5, 2003 8:50 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 8:52 am | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 8:54 am | |
| George Schlossnagle | Nov 5, 2003 8:58 am | |
| Jani Taskinen | Nov 5, 2003 8:59 am | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 9:00 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 5, 2003 9:00 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 9:01 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 9:05 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 5, 2003 9:07 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 5, 2003 9:09 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 9:18 am | |
| Romans Malinovskis | Nov 5, 2003 9:19 am | |
| Andi Gutmans | Nov 5, 2003 9:20 am | |
| Steph | Nov 5, 2003 9:25 am | |
| Andrey Hristov | Nov 5, 2003 9:25 am | |
| Ilia Alshanetsky | Nov 5, 2003 9:25 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 9:30 am | |
| Derick Rethans | Nov 5, 2003 9:33 am | |
| George Schlossnagle | Nov 5, 2003 9:36 am | |
| Rasmus Lerdorf | Nov 5, 2003 9:45 am | |
| Edin Kadribasic | Nov 5, 2003 9:45 am | |
| Romans Malinovskis | Nov 5, 2003 9:48 am | |
| Moriyoshi Koizumi | Nov 5, 2003 9:50 am | |
| Jani Taskinen | Nov 5, 2003 9:54 am | |
| Jaap van Ganswijk | Nov 5, 2003 10:06 am | |
| Michael Walter | Nov 5, 2003 10:12 am | |
| Cesare D'Amico | Nov 5, 2003 10:22 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 10:28 am | |
| Michael Walter | Nov 5, 2003 10:30 am | |
| Michael Walter | Nov 5, 2003 10:35 am | |
| George Schlossnagle | Nov 5, 2003 10:36 am | |
| Andrei Zmievski | Nov 5, 2003 10:39 am | |
| George Schlossnagle | Nov 5, 2003 10:56 am | |
| David Enderson | Nov 5, 2003 11:02 am | |
| Marco Tabini | Nov 5, 2003 11:10 am | |
| Shane Caraveo | Nov 5, 2003 11:12 am | |
| Michael Walter | Nov 5, 2003 12:26 pm | |
| Greg MacLellan | Nov 5, 2003 12:40 pm | |
| Robert Cummings | Nov 5, 2003 1:08 pm | |
| David Enderson | Nov 5, 2003 1:19 pm | |
| Sara Golemon | Nov 5, 2003 2:40 pm | |
| George Schlossnagle | Nov 5, 2003 3:00 pm | |
| Wez Furlong | Nov 5, 2003 4:06 pm | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 5:07 pm | |
| Ard Biesheuvel | Nov 5, 2003 5:27 pm | |
| Christian Schneider | Nov 5, 2003 5:50 pm | |
| Andi Gutmans | Nov 6, 2003 12:03 am | |
| Stig S. Bakken | Nov 6, 2003 12:58 am | |
| Kouber Saparev | Nov 6, 2003 1:24 am | |
| Mike Robinson | Nov 6, 2003 3:31 am | |
| Andi Gutmans | Nov 6, 2003 4:04 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 6, 2003 4:09 am | |
| Alexey Trunyov | Nov 6, 2003 4:15 am | |
| Ford, Mike [LSS] | Nov 6, 2003 4:27 am | |
| Sascha Schumann | Nov 6, 2003 4:30 am | |
| Andi Gutmans | Nov 6, 2003 5:28 am | |
| Sascha Schumann | Nov 6, 2003 5:46 am | |
| Stig S. Bakken | Nov 6, 2003 6:32 am |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Proposal: Array syntax | |
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| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] (M.F...@lmu.ac.uk) | |
| Date: | Nov 5, 2003 3:20:38 am | |
| List: | net.php.lists.internals | |
On 05 November 2003 08:50, Andi Gutmans contributed these pearls of wisdom:
At 12:33 AM 11/5/2003 +0100, Christian Schneider wrote:
I propose to add an alternative (backward compatible) short array creation syntax: $a = [ 1, 2, 3 ]; and $a = [ 'a' => 42, 'b' => "foo" ];
Personally I don't like having two ways of doing things. It makes it harder for people to read scripts. However, I think the proposed syntax is significantly more elegant than today's array() which makes me think twice about the idea and possibly making an exception to the rule. I think it'll improve the look of PHP scripts. Also I think people calling methods using call_user_method([$obj, "method"]); will find it sexier than the array() syntax. I guess I think it'd be interesting to see what other's think.
I would be greatly in favour of the [] construct. I've used a number of languages over the years which feature this kind of syntax (a current example being JavaScript), and always found the array() syntax clumsy by comparison.
(And, to answer another thread, personally I don't think it's any more "magic" than the use of [] to access individual array elements -- and the two are so clearly related that once you know what one does it would be easy to guess the meaning of the other.)
Cheers!
Mike
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