Re: [RFC] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change RFC 0.2

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 02:06, Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook.com> wrote: > ## Forcing @@ attributes to end with parenthesis? > > I don't really see the point of this section in the RFC. The blame for that is on me, not Benjamin and Derek, as I repeatedly asked why a compulsory ) could not be considered a closing delimiter. > ## Attribute nesting > > The RFC points out that all the syntaxes can allow attribute nesting, > which is true. However, it would be nice to include an example of > potential future nesting for each syntax, as was included in the > original Shorter Attribute Syntax RFC. The reason is that some of the > syntaxes are less readable than others when nested (particularly ��s��.�� > e©�*<<>>, > though arguably #[] and @[] as > well since the attribute end > delimiter can be confused with the end bracket of an array argument. > > @@JoinTable( > "User_Group", > @@JoinColumn("User_id", "id"), > @@JoinColumn("Group_id", "id"), > ) > private $groups; > > #[JoinTable( > "User_Group", > #[JoinColumn("User_id", "id")], > #[JoinColumn("Group_id", "id")], > )] > private $groups; > > @[JoinTable( > "User_Group", > @[JoinColumn("User_id", "id")], > @[JoinColumn("Group_id", "id")], > )] > private $groups; > > <<JoinTable( > "User_Group", > <<JoinColumn("User_id", "id")>>, > <<JoinColumn("Group_id", "id")>>, > )>> > private $groups; > > @:JoinTable( > "User_Group", > @:JoinColumn("User_id", "id"), > @:JoinColumn("Group_id", "id"), > ) > private $groups; > Good catch. Peter