Re: [VOTE] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 3:03 PM Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 7:26 AM Chris Riley <t.carnage@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 at 13:21, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 11 Aug 2020, Chris Riley wrote: > > > > > > > Quick question. > > > > > > > > What is the expected behaviour of: > > > > > > > > @[Bar()]; > > > > class Foo {} > > > > > > That will error out in PHP 8, with: > > > > > > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected token ";" in Standard input code on > > > line 2 > > > > Is > > > > <?php @[Bar()]; ?> > > > > on it's own an error? > > Yes. Basically this is an example of valid code in PHP 7 that will > break if @[] is adopted. Wow, that was unexpected. By what logic? Also, how long must I wait before I can put a semicolon after the new attribute syntax? Is one whitespace enough or do I have to go to a new line? To me, suddenly disallowing semicolons at some points between statements or between a "declaration" and a statement seems to break PHP logic. Are there any precedents for this that I've missed? Best, Jakob