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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:28:19 +0300
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To: Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] The @@ is terrible, are we sure we're OK with it?
From: benas.molis.iml@gmail.com (Benas IML)

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Also, +1. I don't really care whether we switch back to `<<...>>` or
`#[...]` but I think `@@` was a bad choice and thus, I think it would be a
much more sensible decision to change the syntax again. At least for the
sake of not running into new ambiguities and in order to stay more similar
with other languages.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 3:00 PM Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I know we've voted twice on this already, but are we really sure that
> the @@ syntax is a good idea?
>
> - There are lots of grumbles, both on here, room 11, as well as in the
>   wider community (https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/hjpu79/it_is/)
> - It has the distinct possibility to cause further parsing issues, akin
>   to what ended up happening with what Nikita is addressing at
>   https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaced_names_as_token
> - There is no "end symbol" to make finding occurences easier.
> - It is a syntax *no other language* uses.
> - @ is never going to go away, so the possibility of @@ moving to @ is
>   also 0.
>
> Please, let's do the sensible and use the Rusty #[...] syntax.
>
> cheers,
> Derick
>
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