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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 13:47:17 +0300
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To: Ilija Tovilo <tovilo.ilija@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Shorter attribute syntax
From: benas.molis.iml@gmail.com (Benas IML)

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Hey!

That's why I am against this RFC or any other "change style to what I
prefer". PHP's current attribute syntax is consistent with other languages
and poses no BC breaks whatsoever.

Best regards,
Benas

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 1:37 PM Ilija Tovilo <tovilo.ilija@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > Does the PHP parser prevent us from adopting #[attr]? I presume C#'s
> [attr]
> > > syntax and C++'s  [[attr]] are impossible due to PHP's short array
> syntax.
> >
> > yes, that would create ambiguity in the parser since `#` (just like `//`)
> > is for comments.
>
> I've mentioned this off-list before. If we consider @@ with a BC break
> we could also consider #[] by making #[ a symbol.
> This is also a breaking change but a probably similarly small one. It
> would break code like this:
>
> # Comments still work
> #[ <-- But they can't start with #[
>
> To me both of those look acceptable but #[ looks nicer (but that's
> just my personal preference).
>
> Ilija
>
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