Re: [drupal-devel] Why the object notation?

I perfer the object notation because it (when using double quotes) makes string manipulations easier, and easier to read: "Title: <h2>$node->title</h2>" vs. 'Title: <h2>' . $node['title'] . '</h2>' On 7/28/05, Karoly Negyesi <karoly@negyesi.net> wrote:

Hi!

Drupal code uses object notation very often and I fail to see why it's better than associative arrays. We get $_POST data in arrays so we need to convert back and forth.

We never use the class construct. So why the -> ?

It seems like the change can be done with at most two simple regexp replaces.

Regards

NK

Ps. I think it's OK to initialize an array by $array['foo'] = 'bar'; this needs two steps with object notation. Only $array[] needs initialization.