Re: [RFC][Discuss] Arrow Functions

Hi Rowan I see. I still think a simple poll would be useful to choose the least controversial syntax. Otherwise I fear that the RFC might get rejected out of superficial reasons. Regards, Ilija On 7 Feb 2017, 21:07 +0100, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>, wrote: > Hi Ilija, > > On 7 February 2017 18:58:15 GMT+00:00, ilija.tovilo@me.com wrote: > > And also, have you considered letting people vote for their preferred > > arrow function syntax? > > I kinda don’t think we’re gonna find an agreement as there are so many > > different opinions. > > The problem with voting on alternative syntaxes is precisely that there *are* so many different > options. Designing a vote with multiple options that gives an answer people are happy with is a > whole science in itself. > > I think the best we can do is have a "without prejudice" vote on a single proposal - > if it is declined, a new proposal can be made after a suitable period of reflection. This has > already happened once with this very topic, this RFC having emerged from a previous one being > rejected. > > That doesn't mean we can't discuss other syntaxes, but just opening up all possible > options to a vote doesn't really help IMHO. > > Regards, > > -- > Rowan Collins > [IMSoP] > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >