Re: [VOTE] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 11:36 AM Rowan Tommins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 at 17:07, Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook.com> wrote: > > > > > fact that the @@ syntax makes attributes easier to grep for. > > > > This can be a simple Yes or No. With @@ or @: you can type those > > symbols followed by the attribute name to grep for it. With the other > > syntaxes and attribute grouping, if the name isn't unique it may be > > difficult to search for since you can't rely on a unique leading symbol.. > > Surely *all* of the syntaxes will be easily greppable once adopted, because > any instances that aren't attributes will have to be fixed (other than > those in comments and strings, which can happen with any of them). I think you may have misunderstood my point - it's not so much about the leading symbols but about grouping. Consider the following example: @[ Jit, Route("/api/posts/{id}", methods: ["GET", "HEAD"]), ] public function show(int $id) { ... } What will you grep for if you want to find all places where the Route attribute is used (but not some other class named Route)? With the @@ syntax you can easily grep for "@@Route" to find all the places where specifically the attribute is used: @@Jit @@Route("/api/posts/{id}", methods: ["GET", "HEAD"]) public function show(int $id) { ... } Best regards, Theodore