Re: [RFC] [Discussion] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change

> On Jul 28, 2020, at 10:13, Côme Chilliet <come.chilliet@fusiondirectory.org> wrote: > > Le Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:46:38 -0500, > Joe Ferguson <joe@joeferguson.me> a écrit : > >> Hello Internals, >> >> I've been working with Derick Rethans and others (thanks all!) on a Shorter >> Attribute Syntax Change RFC which outlines reasons why the "#[]" syntax >> would be preferred over the currently agreed upon "@@" syntax for Shorter >> Attribute Syntax. >> >> An important part of the research that went into this proposal demonstrates >> how "@@" will make handling attributes more difficult for PHP_CodeSniffer >> (and similar tools) and shows how the alternative "#[]" syntax is more >> friendly for these tools. >> >> You can find the RFC >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shorter_attribute_syntax_change >> and I'm happy to >> answer any questions as best I can. >> > > The text uses « instead of <<, it’s confusing. > > It should be made clearer what #[ ] has over << >>, which does not cause any BC > break. > > Côme I don’t know that it’s valuable to spend time discussing advantages over << >>. Isn’t it clear from the previous RFC[^1] that @@ and #[ ] both won out over << >>? Cheers, Ben [^1]: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shorter_attribute_syntax

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