Re: Annotation PHP 7

From: Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:23:27 +0000
Subject: Re: Annotation PHP 7
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> One problem with using *just* array syntax, without any new keyword or symbols, > is that it is extremely close to being existing valid syntax. This may well cause problems in > the parser, > and would certainly be confusing to users. Not sure how sacred is $, but it could be a good candidate for the annotation identifier since it denotes "something that carries a value": $['package.annotation' => ['name' => 'foo']]; class Foo { }

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