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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:23:27 -0300
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To: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Annotation PHP 7
From: marcio.web2@gmail.com (Marcio Almada)

> One problem with using *just* array syntax, without any new keyword or symbols,
> is that it is extremely close to being existing valid syntax. This may well cause problems in the parser,
> and would certainly be confusing to users.

Not sure how sacred is `$`, but it could be a good candidate for the
annotation identifier since it denotes "something that carries a
value":

    $['package.annotation' => ['name' => 'foo']];
    class Foo {
    }