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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:13:55 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Debugging code ...
From: florian@margaine.com (Florian Margaine)

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Hi,


On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> On the basis of 'If it's not broken', what is actually broken, and what
> is just a matter of 'I don't like that way of working'?
>
> I have a working Annotation system that has not changed since I started
> working with PHP. PHPEclise simple displays the information from the
> docblock comments and allows me to open the relevant file. I can then
> review the other functions available. I can update the material and have
> even resorted to porting files and adding extra notes when trying to
> decipher other peoples work.
>
> The problem these days is that projects are stripping the docblock data
> as 'not the modern way of doing things' and we end up with code that
> does not work with the IDE. Fortunately DVCS systems have some other
> advantages and one can cherry pick code changes while maintaining a
> different style of working.
>
> In addition to 'Annotation', there is a lot of discussion about adding
> types into the code. Having moved to using arrays to pass data to
> functions, the docblock material includes details on what is required in
> the hash, something that you will never get from any of the current
> discussions?
>
> Just to add to the fun, PHPEclipse seems to have lost support and while
> I have learnt enough Java in the past to fix a few little niggles,
> currently it is unable to cope with a number of new developments in PHP
> so I'm stuck on just what IS the next move ... While it would be nice to
> get on with some new code, nothing is stable enough these days to allow
> that :(
>

Right now, I'm afraid your emails looks like a rant more than anything
else. I'm absolutely certain that you have something interesting to say,
but the message just didn't get through. Could you elaborate?



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Regards,

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Florian Margaine

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