Re: Re: Is it true that short_open_tag is deprecated in PHP 6?

Hello everyone. I've been writing <?php echo get('something')?> for some time now at the last project and it really sucks. I understand reason on depricating short_open_tag and I agree. But I have a proposal witch can ease templating. Remove short open tag, but leave <?=get('blah')?>. Bacicaly PHP parser should look for <?php or <?=, single <? is not allowed. That way: 1). short_open_tag is gone for good as an option in .ini. 2). Making templates doesn't suck 3). Backwards compability with old templates is preserved (old templates with <?= work fine). 4). <? in code is broken as you want it to be and makes coders fix it with <?php Everyone is happy, XML and others are safe. Yes, it's really irritating to write <?php echo every time!