Re: SUMMARY: Array syntax

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 14:06 -0500, Olivier Hill wrote: > On Jan 11, 2008 1:47 PM, Sam Barrow <sam@sambarrow.com> wrote: > > > > True. No one's vote is worth more than anyone else's, everybody should > > have equal say. Some people may know more about the PHP core, but we are > > all users and developers. > > Not when some write anything about everything without knowing anything > about nothing (makes sense?) True, however with something like this, it is simply a matter of opinion, not knowledge. [] and array() will have no functional differences. > > It is better to have input from people with a wide range of experience > > levels, it results in a fairer vote that actually represents the > > population, rather than putting PHP under the control of a select few. > > It is not under the control of anyone. The principle is: Contribute > and your voice will be louder. It's easy to have a CVS account, and > it's easy to fix some bugs and submit patches. That way, you prove > that your voice can count and that you at least know what you are > talking about (I'm not talking about you in particular, but any user > that wants to contribute and have a voting voice that counts) True > One way could be that votes from internal / phpdoc counts twice as > much as people that only leech this list. It's not controlling, but > being sure that future decision about the language are made > considering the opinions of people really knowing what's at stake. > Regards, > Olivier