Re: [VOTE] Automatic Property Initialization

On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:06 PM, Benjamin Eberlei <kontakt@beberlei.de> wrote: > Imho HHVMs syntax has the massive flaw that you cannot use docblocks on > those properties anymore, which is not the case with this RFC. All other > things equal, this is why this RFC should clearly be favored. > > Also with typehints or - unlikely but possible - property-accesors the hhvm > syntax will become very verbose for the __construct line, wheras this RFC > can handle those cases without having to think about future compatibility. > Inclined to agree on the matter of getters/setters (though I regard the docblock issue as trivially solvable, and the typehint/verbosity issue as a non-issue). I've opened a discussion in the hhvm.dev group to look into this from that side, and removed my "No" vote for the time being. (I'm not sold on a "Yes" vote, however, as I'm not sure this buys us enough in its proposed form). -Sara