Hi,

I hear this often by other developers and I tend to agree with them,

$a = array(array(1,2), array(3,4), 5, 6);

$b = array('a' => 1, 'b' =>2);

We use arrays in our configurations, in passing complex parameters to

Some frameworks have somewhat funny attempts to remedy this by

It looks as there may not be a specific reason not to allow the JS syntax as an alternative syntax (while keeping the current one in parallel):

$a = [[1, 2], [3, 4], 5, 6];

$b = ['a' => 1, 'b' =>2];

There shouldn't be confusion to the parser as the brackets aren't preceded by an identifier.

Was this discussed before on the list?

Regards, Stan Vassilev