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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Wez,

  we could however drop '<%' support and introduce '<?php=' support.
Along with that we might even add an E_STRICT to protect against '<?'.

regards
marcus

Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 7:04:27 PM, you wrote:

> But that's not going to happen any time soon (if ever); far too many
> scripts use it.

> --Wez.

> On 8/31/05, John Coggeshall <john@coggeshall.org> wrote:
>> Removing the <?= syntax from PHP 6 entirely right along with <% seems
>> like a much better idea to me then trying to expand upon it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 15:23 +0200, Ron Korving wrote:
>> > Can't help it... ;) By the way, I thought all programmers were lazy to some
>> > extent?
>> >
>> > Seriously though, I think it would be nice and consistent if it would work.
>> > I just really like the short <?= syntax.
>> >
>> > Ron
>> >
>> >
>> > "Joseph Crawford" <codebowl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:8d9a428005083106202fa3d5ea@mail.gmail.com...
>> > Why do you find the need to be lazy and use <?=$foo?> lol j/k
>> >
>> > i always use <?php echo $foo; ?> it may be only a few more chars of code but
>> > it is guranteed to work on any php installation ;)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Joseph Crawford Jr.
>> > Codebowl Solutions, Inc.
>> > 1-802-671-2021
>> > codebowl@gmail.com