On 22 September 2010 22:34, Philip Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings geeks,
>
> This topic still lacks a defined conclusion. There are several rumors that
> something was decided, but I can't confirm this without archived proof.
> Here's the code:
>
> $str = "I am an array of characters, but still a string.";
>
> echo $str[3]; // Documented as correct since 2006
> echo $str{3}; // Documented as deprecated since 2006, but still no
> E_DEPRECATED error
>
> We discussed this uninteresting topic back in 2008 here, which includes the
> timeline:
>
> - http://php.markmail.org/thread/nm7n57ns23mwoshw
>
> There was no conclusion, and the thread went off topic. So because code
> speaks louder than words, the following will happen if this does not receive
> an alternative conclusion here:
>
> - Both will be considered fine, where neither is deprecated. Both will be
> documented as proper.
For no real, technical, reason, (just what my gut wants, and I tend to
listen to it) I would prefer both to continue being equal* without any
deprecation (E_DEPRECATED or just word-of-mouth).
* They're not always interchangeable: this may be sliding off-topic
(so feel free not to address it in this thread) but I'd quite like the
curly-brace syntax to be available for the function array
dereferencing which was added to trunk if only to keep things
consistent.
>
> One opinion is it should remain deprecated but without an E_DEPRECATED error,
> but I'm unsure how that makes sense. To me that says it's not deprecated, but
> rather, is discouraged (but still for unknown reasons). Anyway, thoughts?
>
> Also, Andi mentioned[1] the possibility of optimizing {} for string use (the
> original intent) in which case keeping {} would be wise.
>
> [1] http://markmail.org/message/qisqdheeyoccfydh
> [2] Related bug: http://bugs.php.net/52254
>
> Regards,
> Philip
>
>
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