Re: [Initial Feedback] PHP User Modules - An Adaptation of ES6 from JavaScript

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 12:53 PM Jim Winstead <jimw@trainedmonkey.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024, at 7:15 PM, Michael Morris wrote: > > PHP User Modules are php files that are brought into the runtime through a > new parser that is able to generate faster and more concise runtime code by > removing support for problematic features and imposing a strict mode by > default. They focus on PHP as a language and not as a template engine. > > > I think the problem I have with this proposal is calling these "PHP User > Modules". Here's an admittedly uncharitable rephrase of this: > > "NewLanguage User Modules are NewLanguage files that are brought into the > PHP runtime through a new parser that may theoretically be able to generate > faster and more concise runtime code by implementing a different language > based on much of the syntax from PHP. This new language does not prioritize > its use as a template language for HTML." > > Do you feel that Phar is a separate language? Is PHP no longer PHP if the @ error suppression is removed? I'm really unclear about the point you are making here, even if I ignore the "uncharitable" rephrase. Jordan