Bug #67781 [Com]: Use array() instead of square brackets

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 ID:                 67781
 Comment by:         [email protected]
 Reported by:        [email protected]
 Summary:            Use array() instead of square brackets
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            PHP Language Specification
 PHP Version:        Irrelevant
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

There was disagreement here:

"Both notations are permitted, and unless we’re going to deprecate one of them, we should be able to use both. If that causes a significant problem, then IMHO the wrong spelling was chosen for the new/alternate notation."


Previous Comments:
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[2014-08-05 17:09:56] [email protected]

Description:
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https://github.com/php/php-langspec/blob/master/spec/10-expressions.md#array-creation-operator

It might be better to say that "array(..)" is the 'array creation operator' and mostly use "array(..)" instead of "[..]" in examples. Most existing PHP code uses "array(..)" way more than "[..]" (because "[..]" was added very recently), and I think using "array(..)" as the 'array creation operator' helps disambiguate it from the subscript operator ("[]"). 



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