Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:111222 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 86617 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2020 16:54:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 2020 16:54:53 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA651804D0 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:50:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from xdebug.org (xdebug.org [82.113.146.227]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 08:50:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by xdebug.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C638E10C08D; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:50:49 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:50:49 +0100 (BST) X-X-Sender: derick@singlemalt.home.derickrethans.nl To: Joe Ferguson cc: PHP Developers Mailing List In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.23 (DEB 453 2020-06-18) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] Shorter Attribute Syntax Change From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans) On Tue, 28 Jul 2020, Joe Ferguson wrote: > I've been working with Derick Rethans and others (thanks all!) on a > Shorter Attribute Syntax Change RFC which outlines reasons why the > "#[]" syntax would be preferred over the currently agreed upon "@@" > syntax for Shorter Attribute Syntax. This is an excellent RFC highlighting the important deficiencies of the @@ syntax. I hope you will all read this and also conclude that we can still pick this better syntax. Remember that it is not only about how it looks. It is much more important that it is functional and causes the least amount of friction in the community. cheers, Derick -- PHP 7.4 Release Manager Host of PHP Internals News: https://phpinternals.news Like Xdebug? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io twitter: @derickr and @xdebug