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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] short_open_tags
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

Rick Bird wrote:
>    My name is Rick.. I done some light work on documentation side of things,
> but I had a question because I've been working a lot with the Symfony
> framework lately.  Some in the Symfony irc room seem to be under the
> impression that short_open_tags is to be deprecated in php6.  Is there any
> weight to this?  I personally have found short tags a great tool, and
> simplifies a lot of things.  In cases where there is the alternative syntax
> being used (great when working with php templates), <? If( $you == $them):
> ?>.  I understand the biggest reason to discourage short tags is for xml.

Now that <?= has been properly separated from <? some of the 'pressure' has been 
removed. Any attempt to remove <?= WOULD be strongly opposed, but I am in total 
agreement with you on <? for exactly the same reason. Simple templating systems 
don't need anything more and adding <?php everywhere does make these a lot more 
difficult to read. To my mind this is what PHP is all about, and killing things 
just because they don't conform with the 'perfect programming language' is 
irritating. Perhaps another example where two versions of PHP might actually be 
a sensible split?

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