Re: RFC proposal : "new" keyword shorthand

Hi Benoît, > On Jun 7, 2024, at 12:03, Benoît Condaminet <condaminet.benoit@gmail.com> wrote: > > As a first try, I start updated code to completely make the new keyword optional, like in Dart > language for example, but it require very big change, with lot of impact (collision with function). > > So here is my proposal : > > Add a "new" shorthand, using the tilde character : "~" > I made a POC, and it works well, declaring a new language token T_SHORT_NEW that simply reuse > ZEND_AST_NEW under the hood. I would point out that ~ is an existing operator, bitwise not. Is there not the same ambiguity with that as with not having the new keyword at all? Because PHP has classes and functions in different namespaces ~SomeClass() looks exactly the same as ~SomeFunction(), and ~$someVar() would be just as ambiguous. I would prefer to see the new keyword go away as well, but as long as functions and classes are in separate namespaces, that might be difficult. -John