RE: [PHP-DEV] <?= and <%= both work, why not <?php=

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Brinkman, Theodore wrote: > Well, having read that thread (thank you), I tallied up the votes (where I > could tell what the vote was) and it was 13 for, 3 against, 2 > undecided/don't care. Of the unsure, one person voted against, then > undecided, then for, the other voted don't care, then against. Of the > against, one voted against purely on stylistic reasons. > > Why wasnt' this change implemented? It's not a feature anyone would be > forced to use, it improves syntax consistency, and the feeling from that > discussion was overwhelmingly for the change. It's invalid XML, <?php= is not a valid processing tag. Derick > -----Original Message----- > From: Lars Torben Wilson [mailto:torben@php.net] > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 6:40 PM > To: Brinkman, Theodore > Cc: 'PHP Developers Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] <?= and <%= both work, why not <?php= > > > On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 15:27, Brinkman, Theodore wrote: > > Ok. I have the feeling that I'm going to be making myself a bit unpopular > > here with my first post, but I mean no offense or disrespect. I'm just > > trying to understand something. > > > > PHP allows <?= if short tags are enabled, or <%= if asp-style tags are > > enabled, but doesn't allow <?php=. Why? I went so far as to look into > the > > source and as near as I can tell without getting my hands on a C compiler, > > changing it so that the '{opentag}=' format was equivalent to '{opentag} > > echo' would take a 2 line patch to one file. I submitted this change as a > > feature request in the bug system (#16763), and got the incredibly > > informative and helpful response of "this was discussed to death on > php-dev. > > it's not going to happen." 17 minutes later. > > > > I've spent the next 2 days trying to hunt down any mention of it, and > having > > no luck because searching for <?php=, or ?php= turns up no results. So in > > an effort to understand why and how the decision was made to leave a > feature > > partially implemented, I'm left with no resort except to post here and > > probably bring down a can of whoop-ass on myself. My appologies to anyone > > who is sick of this being discussed. > > > > That said. Why? > > > > - Theo > > One long discussion starts here: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=100405792100833&w=2 > > It looks like consistency was voted down because someone might > misread <?php=$var to mean <?$php=$var. Which doesn't seem much > worse than the age-old '=' vs. '==' screwup. Anyway, there's the > thread and you should read it and decide whether this needs to > get going again. :) > > > -- > Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> > http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com > http://www.hybrid17.com > http://www.inflatableeye.com > +1.604.709.0506 > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I help you? Consider a gift: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/registry/SLCB276UZU8B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net All your branches are belong to me! SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------