> What other disagreements are there on this besides the "no more hacks"
arguments?
>
> IMHO there are really no "hacks", just support for various tag styles.
Since php is an embedded language,
> supporting these should be part of the design goals. The 4 character
typing argument is a style issue, and
> we should leave that up to the individual php developers to decide. I vote
yes unless someone can
> provide a strong technical reason as to why adding a consistent = to every
supported tag is a bad idea.
It isnt a question of technical reasons its a question of keeping the
language clear, readable and concise. Adding more magic functions here and
there does not do that, lets leave it as it is and discourage people from
using it, it makes code less obvious. PHP is pretty good at being self
documenting, one of the aims of any Higher level language and this syntax is
ambiguios and unclear as to what exactly it does.
- James