> It isnt a question of technical reasons its a question of keeping the
> language clear, readable and concise.
Well it is very readable, and concise (by definition), and also Consistent.
1. <?php echo $val?>
<?php=$val?>
2. <?echo $val?>
<?=$val?>
3. <% echo $val %>
<%=$val%>
In fact we even call "<%" asp tags ... and asp has the <%=val%> tag
> 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.
Exactly how doeas it make the less obviosu. PHP is embeded into html. So
how is an "echo" statement in the middle of an html file any less obvious than an equal
sign?
> 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.
How is it ambiguios, there is only one possbible interpretation. I do not agree that php
is completely self-documenting. How else would you know to put a "<?php" without
reading the
documentation?
-Jason