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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:09:05 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] SUMMARY: Array syntax
From: sam@sambarrow.com (Sam Barrow)

On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 14:06 -0500, Olivier Hill wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008 1:47 PM, Sam Barrow <sam@sambarrow.com> wrote:
> >
> > True. No one's vote is worth more than anyone else's, everybody should
> > have equal say. Some people may know more about the PHP core, but we are
> > all users and developers.
> 
> Not when some write anything about everything without knowing anything
> about nothing (makes sense?)

True, however with something like this, it is simply a matter of
opinion, not knowledge. [] and array() will have no functional
differences.

> > It is better to have input from people with a wide range of experience
> > levels, it results in a fairer vote that actually represents the
> > population, rather than putting PHP under the control of a select few.
> 
> It is not under the control of anyone. The principle is: Contribute
> and your voice will be louder. It's easy to have a CVS account, and
> it's easy to fix some bugs and submit patches. That way, you prove
> that your voice can count and that you at least know what you are
> talking about (I'm not talking about you in particular, but any user
> that wants to contribute and have a voting voice that counts)

True

> One way could be that votes from internal / phpdoc counts twice as
> much as people that only leech this list. It's not controlling, but
> being sure that future decision about the language are made
> considering the opinions of people really knowing what's at stake.
> Regards,
> Olivier