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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Adding new closing tag =?> for keeping trailing newline
From: landers.robert@gmail.com (Robert Landers)

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 6:47 PM shinji igarashi
<shinji.igarashi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I asked for opinions on reddit also.
> https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/v5le6h/adding_new_closing_tag_for_k=
eeping_trailing/
>
> Popularity on reddit and acceptance by people with voting rights on
> internals can be different, but it seems that, at least in its current
> form, this proposal would have a hard time winning the vote.
>
> Until I can come up with a stronger persuasion or a nicer way of
> doing this, I don't feel it has a chance to win, so I'm withdrawing
> from this proposal for now and going to work on something else.
>
> Thanks for taking a look!
>
> --
> Shinji Igarashi
>
> 2022=E5=B9=B46=E6=9C=885=E6=97=A5(=E6=97=A5) 17:23 shinji igarashi <sji@s=
j-i.dev>:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'd like to propose adding a new closing tag `=3D?>` to the language.
> >
> > PHP currently removes the newline character immediately following
> > the closing tag `?>`.
> >
> > With the new closing tag `=3D?>`,  the code should look like this:
> >
> > ```
> > - <?=3D 1 =3D?>
> > - <?=3D 2 =3D?>
> > - <?=3D 3 =3D?>
> > ```
> >
> > and the results it produces would be:
> >
> > ```
> > - 1
> > - 2
> > - 3
> > ```
> >
> > instead of the following:
> >
> > ```
> > - 1- 2- 3
> > ```
> >
> > This addition requires only a one-line modification to the lexer and
> > doesn't break BC. The proposed patch is here.
> > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/8708
> >
> > Before writing an RFC, I would like to hear your input on whether
> > it's worth tackling.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Shinji Igarashi
>
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FWIW, I think it makes a lot of sense, having used golang's template
language (not everyone is generating HTML with PHP). I think you may
just be dealing with a vocal minority and it would be worth putting to
an actual vote. Even if it fails, we'll learn something the next time
someone wants to change something like this.