On 04 February 2007 18:38, Edin Kadribasic wrote:
> Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> > Yes, you will come across it if its added.
> > I find the Javascript syntax confusing to read as well. However more
> > importantly I do not see the point in adding this sugar to save 5
> > chars.
>
> Nested arrays become very unreadable with the current PHP syntax. I
> think killing those 5 chars per array would actually make thing more
> readable.
>
>
> I don't find:
>
> $a = [1 => ['pears', 'apples'], 2 => ['juice', 'oranges']];
>
> any less readable than:
>
> $a = array(1 => array('pears', 'apples'), 2 => array('juice',
> 'oranges'));
>
> Quite the opposite actually :)
Me too - I go beyond Edin on this one, as I find the array() version actually
quite UNreadable and I have difficulty picking out what the individual arrays
are; conversely, the [] version I take in at a glance.
Cheers!
Mike
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