Re: [RFC] Shorter attribute syntax
| From: | Ben Ramsey | Date: | Thu, 04 Jun 2020 15:23:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Shorter attribute syntax | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> On Jun 3, 2020, at 18:54, Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Hi internals,
>
> I discussed the syntax for attributes further with Benjamin, Martin,
> and several other internals developers off-list, and with their
> feedback completed an RFC proposing to use the shorter
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> syntax
> instead of <<>> for attributes in PHP 8.
>
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shorter_attribute_syntax
>
> The goal is not to bikeshed over subjective syntax preferences,
> but to address several concrete shortcomings related to verbosity,
> nested attributes, confusion with generics and other tokens, and
> dissimilarity to other common languages.
After reading the RFC, I think I’m a +1 on the proposed @@ syntax.
Glancing at the example code in the RFC, I think this improves readability (at least to my eyes).
Cheers,
Ben
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