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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 21:49:53 -0300
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC proposal : "new" keyword shorthand
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From: ericklima.comp@gmail.com (Erick de Azevedo Lima)

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> Please, don't make PHP as unreadable as Perl. IMO It's two extra
characters at worst and would be solved much more elegantly by removing the
new  keyword entirely.

The new keyword is meaningful and everyone knows what's being done just by
looking at it. Removing it would make the language less readable. But it's
a BC so big that I don't think it can be done anyway.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>&gt; Please, don&#39;t make PHP as u=
nreadable as Perl. IMO It&#39;s two extra=20
characters at worst and would be solved much more elegantly by removing=20
the <code>new</code>=C2=A0 keyword entirely.</div><div><br></div><div>The n=
ew keyword is meaningful and everyone knows what&#39;s being done just by l=
ooking at it. Removing it would make the language less readable. But it&#39=
;s a BC so big that I don&#39;t think it can be done anyway.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>--<br></div><div>Erick</div></div></div>

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