Re: Request for opinions: bug vs feature - change intokenization of yield from

> On 20 Jul 2024, at 11:30, Tim Düsterhus <tim@bastelstu.be> wrote: > > Hi > >> On 7/19/24 00:51, Christoph M. Becker wrote: >> And frankly, how much code would be affected? I mean, does anybody >> actually put a comment between yield and >> from? Is there a case >> where this may make sense? "Because we can" isn't a strong argument, in >> my opinion. > > I don't really follow this line of argumentation: > > If folks do not use the syntax anyways, then we do not need to have this discussion, because > the tools can just ignore it existing. That also means we do not need to revert the change in PHP. > > If folks use the syntax, then reverting the change is a breaking change for them. > > So either the revert is not doing anything at all, or the revert is actively harmful. I do not > see a situation where reverting the change is a value-add. > > Best regards > Tim Düsterhus The value add of the revert is because time is a moving target. We don't think anyone is using it _yet_, given the circumstances that made this happen. Wait long enough and the only guarantee we have is entropy.