Re: Moving to an AST-based parsing/compilation process

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net>wrote: > On 09/06/2012 10:15 AM, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: > >> I propose putting together and RFC and a PoC ASAP, and then we can talk >> about facts instead of opinions and biased views on the topic. >> > > That would be the reasonable thing to do, yes. But that is easy for me > easy to say as I will not be able to help in the process apart from > testing. It is up to Nikita (and those who want to help him) to decide > whether they want to invest their time and effort into writing a new > parser for PHP when it is unclear whether it will be accepted. > > > what I meant to say is that currently we are arguing on feelings and beliefs, and I can't see how could we get an agreement whether or not does the pros overweight the cons. that can only happen after we have something on our hands to actually pick apart and measure. until then there is no point making assumptions and trying to convince the other side to change their opinions. -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu