Re: native php annotations

On Mar 13 17:50:33, Marcelo Gornstein wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm new to this list, so please excuse me if this subject was already > discussed, or proposed. Hi, it has already been discussed with length. Please take a look at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/annotations it would be more productive if you explain in what ways your proposal differs from the one above, and why that should be so. Best, > > I've made an experimental patch to ZendEngine/PHP (5.3.5) to allow > native annotations (without doc comments), using the token @@ (the @ > was already taken). It allows 0 or more annotations (with 0 or more > arguments each one) for classes, properties, methods, and arguments > for methods, like: > > @@Annotation(key="value1") > class A { > @@Annotation(key="value1") > private $property; > > @@Annotation(key="value1") > private function aMethod(@@Annotation(key="value1") @@Annotation2 $a, $b) { > ... > } > } > > The patch can be found at: > https://github.com/marcelog/AnoForPHP. > > The annotations and their optional arguments can be retrieved via the > getAnnotations() method of ReflectionClass, ReflectionMethod, > ReflectionParameter, and ReflectionProperty. > > I plan to extend this patch with some extended functionality, like > having PHP instantiate a given class for the given annotation. By > using convention instead of configuration, the name of the annotation > is the name of the class, which should also extend some PHP base > class, like "Annotation". > > I'm basically looking for comments on the patch and the functionality, > since I'm new to the ZendEngine as well. > > Again, I'm sorry if this post should not go here or there is not > interest in such a feature in the language itself. Also, if I missed > something in the code of the patch, because it's more like a > proof-of-concept than a final formal proposal. > > Regards! > > > -- > // I don't sleep. I coffee. > "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein > "The class object inherits from Chuck Norris." > "Chuck Norris can divide by zero and can unit test an entire > application with a single assert." > "There’s a lot of work happening behind the scenes, courtesy of the > Spring AOP framework" > "Why do I have this nagging hunch that you have no idea what you're doing?" > "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little > security will deserve neither and lose both" - Benjamin Franklin > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >