On May 31, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Rasmus wrote: > On 05/31/2011 02:59 PM, Michael Shadle wrote: >> Forgive me for injecting my $.02 here but what is the original reason >> for changing the most basic language syntax to be a little bit >> shorter? >> >> Is it hurting anyone to type out "array()" or something? >> >> I think it is silly that "shortening array syntax" is up for >> discussion but ensuring Unicode compatibility isn't a higher priority. >> Not to mention named parameters in functions. Or Consistent naming for >> functions str_* vs str*, needle/haystack ordering, etc. If you're >> wanting to augment or change fundamentals of the language why not >> clean some stuff up there first? > > Because most of those can't be done without breaking millions of lines > of code out there. And a couple of people worked on Unicode for years > and got very little support. That is not a small project. This short > syntax for arrays is probably the most requested PHP feature right now > and we have a working patch that doesn't break any existing code so the > effort involved is minimal. If you have a working patch that solves the > Unicode issues, by all means, show us.
And because this mailing list thread is about 'short syntax for arrays' and not the other items you mentioned. If you're interested in another topic, or have a proposal, then please do so as a different thread. Regards, Philip -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
