> It seems very few people are using the modern (v3) collection
> referencing syntax:
>
> session{"foo"} := "bar"
> $foo := session{"foo"}
>
> instead of:
>
> set session("foo"; "bar")
> $foo := get session("foo")
>
> To me the first syntax is clearer and much more natural, as soon as
> you think of a collection as an associative array that is being
> indexed by a text key instead of a number like 4D arrays.
I discovered this syntax early in my first project and immediately switched to
using it. In fact, I was using the demo to build on and it used the old style
reference. I went back and changed all the code I borrowed from the demo to the
new syntax. It's *much* clearer to read and much cleaner than the old syntax.
I've been (re)reading the A4D documentation and found that you can use the new
syntax with a reference to a collection or an iterator. So you can do this:
$_header := request info
$hostname := $_header{"host"}
The old syntax can be deprecated as far as I'm concerned.
Warmest regards,
Rick Hazey
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