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To: internals@lists.php.net, Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Deprecate alternate switch case syntax?
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From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On 20 November 2024 20:24:32 CET, Theodore Brown <theodorejb@outlook=2Ecom>=
 wrote:
>On Wed, Nov=2E 20, 2024 at 13:03 Derick Rethans wrote:
>
>> On 20 November 2024 19:26:12 CET, Theodore Brown wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 09:23 Kamil Tekiela wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you know why the two exist? Was there any historical reason for th=
is?
>>>>
>>>> From what cmb69 said[1], it seems like it may exist because of the
>>>> implicit semicolon in ?>, and after I tested it, it seems to be true=
=2E
>>>> Was there ever any other reason?
>>>
>>> I hope no one writes code like that where separate <?php ?> tags are i=
nterleaved around each switch, case, break, and endswitch statement=2E That=
's atrocious=2E=2E=2E
>>
>> All my PHP based templates for the xdebug=2Eorg site use this style=2E =
I don't think it's atrocious, and quite a bit nicer than the "new" syntax=
=2E
>>
>> It's also not a decades old choice (and not even by me)=2E
>
>Hi Derick,
>
>I suppose whether or not that approach is ugly is somewhat subjective=2E =
Do the xdebug=2Eorg templates using this style also rely on case statements=
 being followed by a semicolon instead of a colon?
>
>Sincerely,
>Theodore
Even if it did, it's not really relevant for the discussion=2E

I was mentioning this because removing the syntax would break code for no =
real gain=2E

Cheers
Derick