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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:52:01 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Explicit callee defaults
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From: rob@bottled.codes ("Rob Landers")

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On Sat, Jul 27, 2024, at 11:50, Bilge wrote:
> On 27/07/2024 10:41, Rob Landers wrote:
>>=20
>> This seems like a case for code generation
> I don't understand how this has anything to do with code generation. I=
 understand what composer-attribute-collector is doing, and see no appli=
cation for it (or something like it) here. Could you explain a bit furth=
er?

In your example you show how to write code that does what you want, but =
also that it is annoying to write by-hand. Thus, generating the code ins=
tead of writing it by-hand might be better than a new language feature; =
and there are many things that would benefit from that.

=E2=80=94 Rob
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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>On Sat, Ju=
l 27, 2024, at 11:50, Bilge wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=
=3D"qt" style=3D""><div class=3D"qt-moz-cite-prefix">On 27/07/2024 10:41=
, Rob Landers wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:cdad=
94a3-fde5-4a4f-913c-f373cf8c33cc@app.fastmail.com"><div><br></div><div>T=
his seems like a case for code generation<br></div></blockquote><div>I d=
on't understand how this has anything to do with code generation.
    I understand what composer-attribute-collector is doing, and see no
    application for it (or something like it) here. Could you explain a
    bit further?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In your examp=
le you show how to write code that does what you want, but also that it =
is annoying to write by-hand. Thus, generating the code instead of writi=
ng it by-hand might be better than a new language feature; and there are=
 many things that would benefit from that.</div><div><br></div><div id=3D=
"sig121229152">=E2=80=94 Rob<br></div></body></html>
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