Re: [RFC] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change RFC 0.2

From: Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:33:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change RFC 0.2
References: 1 2 3 4 5  Groups: php.internals 
Request: Send a blank email to internals+get-111361@lists.php.net to get a copy of this message
> Le 6 août 2020 à 10:11, Benas IML <benas.molis.iml@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Ending delimiter MAY help us in the future. > > I really, really hate all of those arguments stating "that we should care > only about the present, not the future" and that even though > #[...]/@[...] might bring > benefits in the future, we should still > choose @@". > > This shows clearly that some people are basing their views on subjective > reasons rather than being objective. > > As far as this discussion is going, I see pro-@@ people just > saying > "Arghhh, let's keep @@, it doesn't bring any benefits that other syntaxes > do but we don't need them anyways, let's not speculate future". > > It's like saying you can either go through door A and get a free car or > through door B and get the same car and **maybe**, even an additional > 1,000$. > > We are playing probabilities here but at the moment, no one has said any > substantial argument why @@ is better and thus, > @[...] seems like a > better option in the long term. > Note that, in a hypothetical future where the absence of delimiters would lead to (perceive or real) ambiguity, it will always possible to add optional ones, as in: @@simple("thing") and @@{very("complex") thing}. —Claude

« previous php.internals (#111361) next »