Re: Re: [RFC] Arrow functions / short closures
| From: | Robert Hickman | Date: | Wed, 10 Apr 2019 08:59:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [RFC] Arrow functions / short closures | ||
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> 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.
>
Is this actually a problem? Don't these tools make use of existing
parsers like 'php parser', thus the cost is lower than initially
apparent?