On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 14:45, <sono-io@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd like to make a suggestion for a change, or possibly an addition, to the PHP language.
>
> I'm learning PHP and have been very excited with what it can do in relation to HTML. But when I got to the part about arrays, I was disappointed to see that they are designated with a $ the same as other variables. I was learning Perl before I switched, and it uses the @ sign to designate an array. That makes it a lot simpler to see at a glance what is an array and what isn't - at least for beginners like me.
>
> Has there been any talk of adopting the @ sign for arrays in PHP? Or is that symbol used for something else that I haven't read about yet?
The @ is an error control operator, used to buffer the output and
store it in a variable - $php_errormsg. There's no way that would be
changed to become an array designator (though that doesn't mean your
idea itself is a bad one).
> What is the proper channel for making suggestions like this?
Usually on the Internals mailing list (internals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) or
as a Feature Request in the bug tracker (http://bugs.php.net/).
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