Re: backslash, really ... ?

On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 16:58 -0500, Matt Wilson wrote: > So, you decided to jump in to criticize a design decision that went in after several months of > discussion, without any insight into why it was done the way it was? > Not really criticizing, maybe a bit, but more expressing my disappointment regarding aesthetic loss that the choice made has lead to. It might not concern you but it does concern me and probably other people too. I admit I have no knowledge of what have been told during the months of discussion you are referring to. However, you seem to have this knowledge, so I would be grateful if you could tell me if the aesthetic of the backslash token has been discussed and even more if you can redirect me to a discussion thread. Regards. > On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Sylvain Rabot wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The comment I'm about to make is behind the times, and, now, useless, I > > know, but I can't hold me. > > > > You chose for the namespace feature, a great feature besides, the > > backslash ?? really ?? Come on guys, among all the possibilities, you > > have chosen, according to me, the most hideous character possible. > > > > Having Windows©®™ path like strings in the middle of source code is not > > something that is going to make me use the feature. > > > > PHP syntax was simple, clean. To me, the backslash token ruins > > everything. Using it aside from escaping was something I have never > > considered, have you ? Do you like it ? > > > > The goal of backslash was maybe to highlight namespace in the source > > code, if it was, congrats, we only see that now. > > To my opinion it breaks all esthetic's balance of a source code. > > > > No need to respond that I should have contribute to the choice, believe > > me, if I could have, I would have. > > > > This was just the comment of a simple guy which is very concerned about > > source code esthetic's and believes that a neat, well balanced code is > > more likely to be well maintained that any other one. > > > > Best regards. > > > > -- > > Sylvain Rabot <sylvain@abstraction.fr> > > -- Sylvain Rabot <sylvain@abstraction.fr>

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