On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:08 +0000, Ford, Mike wrote:
> On 05 February 2007 17:29, Brian Moon wrote:
> > That is why you have coding standards. Our doucment states that this
> > should be written as:
> >
> > $a = array(
> > 1 => array('pears', 'apples'),
> > 2 => array('juice', 'oranges')
> > );
> >
> > I believe in either syntax, proper formatting of complex data
> > can solve
> > the readablity problems.
>
> 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 ;-)
Ummm, you still had to read it. One "glance" just so happens to involve
the brain grokking the content, just like reading.
Cheers,
Rob.
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