Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

W dniu 14.08.2019 o 11:09, Christian Schneider pisze: > 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 > > It is surprising how thing that is considered by one to be a security risk, is treated as nothing relevant by others. This dichotomy is quite disturbing - in what case removing security risk is "no real gain"?