[PHP-BUG] Req #68178 [NEW]: JSON Native Support

From:             php at xkr dot es
Operating system: N/A
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:JSON Native Support

Description:
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It will be fine if native support of JSON blocks will be added in the
future to the language specification. The functions json_encode and
json_decode provides the functionality, but it will be better if they
were native supported.

For example, instead of doing:
$a=Array(Array("a"=>"b","c"=>CONST,"d"=>null),Array("e"=>1.23),Array("f"=>true));

You could do:
$a=[{"a":"b","c":CONST,"d":null},{"e":1.23},{"f":true}];

As you can see, JSON it's very compact and it's easy to read, also it
distinguishes about arrays and hashes, so its better to understand.

I hope this comment will be considered for next versions.

Best regards.


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