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To: Mathias Grimm <mathiasgrimm@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 14:53:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Sugest
From: johannes@schlueters.de (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 20:38 -0300, Mathias Grimm wrote:
> I want to suggest the GO include format
> 
> <?php
> require
> (
>     'utila.php',
>     'utilb.php',
>     'utilc.php',
> )
> 
> the same from include

What's te benefit, other than saving a few chars on the cost of being
more explicit. I don't see any benefit.

Doing this would mean an error to include one of these files would give
an imprecise error message. Given

<?php
require(
    $a,
    $b
);
?>

fails it will always tell you about an error in line 5 (basically where
the ; is)

<?php
require $a;
require $b;
?>

will give you the precise line.

Other similar issues exist.

> or more , without comma
> 
> <?php
> 
> require
> (
>     'utila.php'
>     'utilb.php'
>     'utilc.php'
> )

that looks more like a typo than expected code.

> or more, withou .php
> <?php
> 
> require
> (
>     'utila',
>     'utilb',
>     'utilc',
> )

that makes no sense. It would have to check for two files, and why
only .php? Why not .inc or .class or whatever people are using?

> 
> the same for other to, like define..
> 
> <?php
> define
> (
>     'K_TYPE_A' => 'a',
>     'K_TYPE_B' => 'b'
>     'K_TYPE_C' => 'c'
> )
> 
> with or without comma...

define() is a regular function so we'd have to make it a language
construct (which creates issues) or do some strange things to function
declarations.

Again, I see no benefit (and no, a few characters more are no trouble,
writing code is never the hard part. The hard part is maintenance ...
and a proper IDE serves quite well for saving key strokes ...)

johannes