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To: Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>, "internals@lists.php.net"
	<internals@lists.php.net>, Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate alternate switch case syntax?
Thread-Topic: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate alternate switch case syntax?
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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:24:32 +0000
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From: theodorejb@outlook.com (Theodore Brown)

On Wed, Nov. 20, 2024 at 13:03 Derick Rethans wrote:=0A=
=0A=
> On 20 November 2024 19:26:12 CET, Theodore Brown wrote:=0A=
>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 09:23 Kamil Tekiela wrote:=0A=
>>=0A=
>>> Do you know why the two exist? Was there any historical reason for this=
?=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> From what cmb69 said[1], it seems like it may exist because of the=0A=
>>> implicit semicolon in ?>, and after I tested it, it seems to be true.=
=0A=
>>> Was there ever any other reason?=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I hope no one writes code like that where separate <?php ?> tags are int=
erleaved around each switch, case, break, and endswitch statement. That's a=
trocious...=0A=
>=0A=
> All my PHP based templates for the xdebug.org site use this style. I don'=
t think it's atrocious, and quite a bit nicer than the "new" syntax.=0A=
>=0A=
> It's also not a decades old choice (and not even by me).=0A=
=0A=
Hi Derick,=0A=
=0A=
I suppose whether or not that approach is ugly is somewhat subjective. Do t=
he xdebug.org templates using this style also rely on case statements being=
 followed by a semicolon instead of a colon?=0A=
=0A=
Sincerely,=0A=
Theodore=