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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 05:41:18 -0400
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To: Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Function list declaration syntax?
From: mike@newclarity.net (Mike Schinkel)

> On Oct 5, 2021, at 3:18 PM, Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 at 18:47, Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> =
wrote:
>=20
>> Consider the `Type` class[3] in the `SebastianBergmann\Type` =
namespace. It contains 60 lines of function declaration to define 14 =
functions that all return `false`.
>=20
> PHP allows you to define functions on one line:
>=20
>    function isCallable(): bool { return false; }
>    function isFalse(): bool { return false; }
>    function isGenericObject(): bool { return false; }

The benefit I was proposing was not just fewer lines, but also reduced =
visual complexity making it easier to read and comprehend code quickly.=20=


Your argument addresses the former benefit but not the latter.

> If you don't like having functions take up lots of lines, it's easier
> to just not follow that PSR guide line on formatting,

It is not always easier for developers where whose organizations dictate =
code standards.

Besides, your alternative is a bit reductio ad absurdum.

> rather than modify the language.

You state this without justification that it has been established that =
changing the language is a bad thing. If that were true, why does the =
RFC process even exist as in most cases RFCs are passed to change the =
language?

-Mike=