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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:49:31 +0700
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To: Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Annotation PHP 7
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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On Nov 4, 2014 8:50 AM, "Levi Morrison" <levim@php.net> wrote:

> Whether the annotation is in a comment or not, the idea of changing
> behavior at runtime based on the annotation is pretty magical. I
> highly discourage using this type of feature whether it's in a comment
> or not.
>
> I will certainly vote no on any RFC on this subject, as I see it as
> being significantly more harmful than helpful.

This is exactly what I meant. We have almost all major projects using them
but we may consider not adding them natively because we find it magic,
ugly, whatever.

As I do consider personal tastes important, there are times where we should
listen to our users.

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