Re: [RFC] Reflection annotations reader

On 2013-01-09, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote: > On 01/09/2013 04:16 AM, Derick Rethans wrote: >> On Tue, 8 Jan 2013, Rafael Dohms wrote: > >>> 1. The syntax is crap: this is solvable, let's find the right syntax >> >> Any extra syntax makes the PHP parser more complicated (and arguably >> slower). I don't want to have it slower/more complex for some arbitrary >> extra syntax just for some weird annotations. > > This is my worry as well. Especially when it comes to opcode cache > support. Most of the patches I see these days completely ignore the > opcode cache side of things which needs to change. For any large > language-level change, any implementation that doesn't also include an > APC diff, or at least a very complete explanation of how it will be > generally supported by opcode caches just isn't complete. I totally agree. So far people are asking me if apc is 5.4 compatible as they want to move to 5.4. Lacking support for APC is a real problem for people to adopt recent versions and with even faster release cycles we should keep think more about APC when we introduce new features.