AW: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Keywords as identifiers

> Hi! > > This is the (official) RFC thread for the patch proposed in > http://php.markmail.org/message/7rn4mbwkbytqa3ig > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/keywords_as_identifiers > > Any feedback about the RFC or the implementation? There is still an open request, see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28261. Maybe you can mention or even integrate it? What I dislike about the limited set of keywords is the reasoning. Language design shouldn't solely depend on technical limits/possibilities. if but not else/elseif? switch but not case? Imho the language design/semantics should be taken into consideration. One more thought: I think there must have been a reason for introducing keywords once. If so, has this reasoning become untenable? All in all I personally like the concept of keywords. They give some orientation, especially for beginners. More experienced programmers may see them as obstacles (in singular cases?). If widening keyword restrictions, then I would support johannes suggestion: method names only. Frank