Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 11:09, Christian Schneider <cschneid@cschneid.com> wrote: > > Am 14.08.2019 um 10:39 schrieb Peter Kokot <peterkokot@gmail.com>: > >> The best counterargument I can give against "cleaning up" is that it takes > >> energy away from actual new features, even if it's just the mental energy of monitoring and > >> responding to long threads like this one. > > > > Code is like a garden. If there are unwanted weeds and nobody cleans > > them up, the flowers don't shine and grow as they should. Cleaning of > > the weeds is just as important as new features. A bit less but > > important. > > Going with your analogy: Some things (like short open tags) are that individual small flower in > the corner of the garden which does not multiply. We already spent way too much time discussing it, > the rest of the garden needs water and the gardeners are fighting over a dandelion. A bike-shed > discussion at its worst: No real gain but everybody has an opinion. > Real cleaning up, now that's where it gets interesting. And those discussions tend to be > more productive even recently. > > Oh and: I'm very much afraid the OP was trolling and succeeded in getting people to react, > so please, please let this particular thread die :-( > > - Chris I'm sorry but until the RFC is still in voting phase, participants should be welcome to express opinions. And the message by OP was correct. PHP is having a lot of these old sins and they are standing out, yes. -- Peter Kokot