On Tue, February 6, 2007 8:17 am, LAUPRETRE François (P) wrote: >> From: Richard Lynch >> >> How many newbies will be trying: >> array[1, 2, 3]; >> and left scratching their heads when it doesn't work? > > Yes, even if I am in favor of the [] syntax, it is a good argument: > 'array[ 1, 2, 3]' can > become a very common error, and not especially among newbies! > > Maybe I am wrong, but would it be possible to accept all these > syntaxes : > > array(1, 2, 3) (RHS only) > [ 1, 2, 3 ] (RHS=array / LHS=list, I especially like: '$x = [ $a, > $b ] = f()' :) > list($a, $b) (LHS only) > array[1, 2, 3] (RHS only) > > For this purpose, we could say that the [] notation is optionally > preceded by 'array'. > > Another idea if you want to make it easier to understand for newbies: > make array() and list() > synonyms, so that array() behaves as list() when LHS, and list() > behaves as array() when RHS. > IMHO, it would become simpler to explain. > > If we implement both, we can even suppport 'list[ 1, 2, 3 ]'. How can > we be more permissive?
I probably needn't even post this, but: -1 Having even more ways to do everything is just confusing, not handy. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
