Re: [VOTE] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 12:36 AM Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> wrote: > > I have been following all the lengthy discussions on this topic hoping the list would come to > consensus. And I had been hoping someone would call the following question but since no one else has > here goes. > [...] > > Should we not: > > 1. Postpone inclusion of attributes until PHP 8.1 to ensure that we get a syntax that is > reasonable acceptable to large segment of stakeholders? > Seems prudent to me. > 2. Optionally have an RFC to ask people to vote on disputed principles, such as "Are > ending delimiters important and thus are they required for any selected syntax?" > +1 (I already suggested this) > 3. Then open up the floor for more syntax proposals (that address all the accepted principles > in #2) in hopes to find something generally acceptable to a larger segment of stakeholders with a > goal of completing by 8.1? > Preferable something without square brackets :-p But it's hard to go the decent, albeit longer, path when you can almost smell the short term victory already.