Re: Request Feedback for Instance Variable Sugar RFC

Hi Shawn, My opinion is that even though the "@" operator should be deprecated in further along the line removed, it should not be repurposed for anything, it has too much legacy imho. While a shortcut might be a good idea, I personally favour the $this->var syntax just for muscle memory if nothing else. Stelian On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:54 AM, reeze <reeze@php.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On 9 March 2015 at 17:43, Shawn McCool <shawn@heybigname.com> wrote: > > > I've never submitted an RFC. Whether or not you're interested in the > > feature, please consider giving me feedback on the RFC itself so that I > can > > better understand how to succeed in the process. > > > > ====== PHP RFC: Instance Variable Sugar ====== > > * Version: 0.1 > > * Date: 2015-03-09 > > * Author: Shawn McCool, shawn@heybigname.com > > * Status: In Discussion > > > > ===== Summary ===== > > > > In order to access instance variables, one must use the $this->©­ÇD > > {Ï€®OÿУ
prefix. > > The problem with this is that it reduces expressiveness in the language > and > > increases the amount of unnecessary decoration, reducing readability. > > > > This might decrease readability, since we already comfortable with the > syntax $this->something, in my opinion > > > > This RFC proposes a single character syntax sugar form of > > $this->. > > Instead, an @ can be used to reference instance variables. > > > > The @ replaces the normal $ variable prefix. > > > > ===== Example ===== > > > > <file php MyClass.php> > > <?php > > class Addition { > > private $number > > > > public function __construct($number) { > > @number = $number; > > } > > > > public function original() { > > return @number; > > } > > > > public function addTo($amount) { > > return @number + $amount; > > > > this is a BC break. this is the same as constant number + $amount. so this > syntax is not feasible. > > > > } > > } > > </file> > > > > ===== Backwards Compatibility ===== > > > > Leave $this-> available. > > > > ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== > > > > This is proposed for the next PHP x, currently PHP 7. > > > > -- > > Shawn McCool | Big Name > > shawn@heybigname.com > > heybigname.com > > > > > > -- > Reeze Xia > http://reeze.cn >