Someone thinks this is good

No.  How this is considered good, I don't know.  Who wrote the code isn't important - this is the way the code is supposed to be written.  At least, this is the way it's being demonstrated.  With a straight face.

I cannot fathom how anyone can honestly think this is good and want to encourage its use.

<?phpreturn array(// lots of config stuff here            /**             * Routes             */            'ZendMvcRouterRouteStack' => array(                'parameters' => array(                    'routes' => array(                        'zfcuser' => array(                            'type' => 'Literal',                            'priority' => 1000,                            'options' => array(                                'route' => '/user',                                'defaults' => array(                                    'controller' => 'zfcuser',                                    'action'     => 'index',                                ),                            ),                            'may_terminate' => true,                            'child_routes' => array(                                'login' => array(                                    'type' => 'Literal',                                    'options' => array(                                        'route' => '/login',                                        'defaults' => array(                                            'controller' => 'zfcuser',                                            'action'     => 'login',                                        ),                                    ),                                ),// more config stuff here);