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You mean 5.4's associative array syntax:

func([$arg1,'name2'=>$arg2,$arg3]);

is too verbose for you for a mix of named and non-named parameters? How would you shorten it?

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It's much improved in 5.4. I think the grandparent post's point was that prior to 5.4, this would've looked like

func(array("arg1", "name2"=>"arg2", "arg3"));

Which is much "uglier" than the new syntax.

Oh, yes 5.4 is a bit improved, but how would I shorten it? I'd drop the quotes around 'name2' whenever it was a legal identifier, and I'd ditch the hideous => symbol.

I think dropping the quotes is a bad idea. This isn't javascript. However, I do agree about the => symbol. I would have preferred if in 5.4 they added support for ':' so, ['a':$b]. At which point, I'm sure someone will say that looks so similar to js syntax, why not drop the quotes? To which I say -personally- I just think it leads to more confusion. (Although for some reason I don't mind that in js - I know.. weird preferences.)

>I think dropping the quotes is a bad idea. This isn't javascript.

That doesn't sound like a legitimate reason to me. It's not javascript. So what?

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