Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67781&edit=1
ID: 67781
Updated 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
+PHP Version: PHP-5.6
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
I don't think we need to change the examples - [] is a legit feature of PHP and should not be avoided, unless it is confusing in a specific case. Not sure though which changes you ask for in array-creation-operator - could you elaborate?
Previous Comments:
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[2014-08-06 21:58:16] [email protected]
I'd say "the array literal syntax". It's a literal, not an operator.
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[2014-08-06 21:56:18] [email protected]
I am not a native speaker, but wouldn't "the xy operator" imply some sort of uniqueness in a general sense?
Especially as "the array operator []" is also "the subscript operator []".
I am thinking along the lines of "when using [] as the(an?) array operator". But that sounds less succinct and somehow less precise.
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[2014-08-05 17:10:39] [email protected]
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."
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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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