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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:58:23 -0500
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To: sylvain@abstraction.fr
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] backslash, really ... ?
From: shadda@gmail.com (Matt Wilson)

So, you decided to jump in to criticize a design decision that went in =
after several months of discussion, without any insight into why it was =
done the way it was?

On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Sylvain Rabot wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
> The comment I'm about to make is behind the times, and, now, useless, =
I
> know, but I can't hold me.
>=20
> You chose for the namespace feature, a great feature besides, the
> backslash ?? really ?? Come on guys, among all the possibilities, you
> have chosen, according to me, the most hideous character possible.
>=20
> Having Windows=A9=AE=99 path like strings in the middle of source code =
is not
> something that is going to make me use the feature.
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> PHP syntax was simple, clean. To me, the backslash token ruins
> everything. Using it aside from escaping was something I have never
> considered, have you ? Do you like it ?
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> The goal of backslash was maybe to highlight namespace in the source
> code, if it was, congrats, we only see that now.
> To my opinion it breaks all esthetic's balance of a source code.
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> No need to respond that I should have contribute to the choice, =
believe
> me, if I could have, I would have.
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> This was just the comment of a simple guy which is very concerned =
about
> source code esthetic's and believes that a neat, well balanced code is
> more likely to be well maintained that any other one.
>=20
> Best regards.
>=20
> --=20
> Sylvain Rabot <sylvain@abstraction.fr>