Re: Re: [RFC] Arrow functions / short closures

On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 11:20, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > The ==> syntax is the other one I implemented ( > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3945). The implementation > is based on > lexer lookahead, which is ugly but still manageable. I haven't seen much > support for this variant in this discussion though. And of course, if > there's no strong preference for ==>, I'd rather go with the variant that > is easier for us (and all 3rd party tooling) to support from a technical > perspective. > I'd just like to amplify this mention of 3rd party tooling: if we go with something which requires complex lexer/parser rules, then every editor, IDE, and static analysis tool will need to also work with that syntax. For those saying they "slightly prefer" ==> please ask yourself, do you prefer it enough to add complexity to every tool that wants to process PHP source code? Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]