Re: Debugging code ...

Hi, On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > On 04/11/14 13:13, Florian Margaine wrote: > > On the basis of 'If it's not broken', what is actually broken, and > what > > is just a matter of 'I don't like that way of working'? > > > > I have a working Annotation system that has not changed since I > started > > working with PHP. PHPEclise simple displays the information from the > > docblock comments and allows me to open the relevant file. I can then > > review the other functions available. I can update the material and > have > > even resorted to porting files and adding extra notes when trying to > > decipher other peoples work. > > > > The problem these days is that projects are stripping the docblock > data > > as 'not the modern way of doing things' and we end up with code that > > does not work with the IDE. Fortunately DVCS systems have some other > > advantages and one can cherry pick code changes while maintaining a > > different style of working. > > > > In addition to 'Annotation', there is a lot of discussion about > adding > > types into the code. Having moved to using arrays to pass data to > > functions, the docblock material includes details on what is > required in > > the hash, something that you will never get from any of the current > > discussions? > > > > Just to add to the fun, PHPEclipse seems to have lost support and > while > > I have learnt enough Java in the past to fix a few little niggles, > > currently it is unable to cope with a number of new developments in > PHP > > so I'm stuck on just what IS the next move ... While it would be > nice to > > get on with some new code, nothing is stable enough these days to > allow > > that :( > > > > Right now, I'm afraid your emails looks like a rant more than anything > > else. I'm absolutely certain that you have something interesting to say, > > but the message just didn't get through. Could you elaborate? > > Just that what many of us have used for years is coming under increasing > pressure as other people promote their own way of working. In the past > we have been able to co-exist, but it is becoming increasingly difficult > as people 'update' coding styles. Anything that is added to the 'core' > WILL be used to update third party code, but the rest of the > infrastructure is simply not keeping up. > I'm sorry... I may be stupid. I'm not sure I understand what you want to say. I have a guess though: are you saying that, for example, PHPEclipse at its version from 2008 can't cope up with PHP at its version from 2014? > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Regards, -- Florian Margaine