Re: [RFC] Change the precedence of the concatenation operator
| From: | Niklas Keller | Date: | Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:50:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Change the precedence of the concatenation operator | ||
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> Hey,
>
> I feel like concatenation having the same precedence than addition and subtraction is promoting
> programmers to make mistakes. Albeit typically easy to catch ones, it is a quality of life change at
> least.
>
> Hence I'm proposing a RFC changing the precedences:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/concatenation_precedence
>
> Bob
Hey Bob,
if we decide to do this, there should definitely be a deprecation
notice in 7.4, I wouldn't even add a vote option for this, but make it
part of the primary vote.
An alternative to prevent mistakes in this regard is making this a
compile error and requiring parenthesis.
Regards,
Niklas