On 05 February 2007 17:29, Brian Moon wrote:

Solve, no. Alleviate, yes.

Given the above, the layout tells me there's some kind of structure going on, but I still have to actually *read* it to discover that there are arrays involved (and where they start and end).

With this version:

$a = [ 1 => ['pears', 'apples'], 2 => ['juice', 'oranges'] ];

I can take one glance and tell there are nested arrays involved, and what their scopes are -- I'd say my comprehension speed is at least an order of magnitude faster!

*That* makes this syntax a no-brainer for me, personally ;-)

Cheers!

Mike

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