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To: Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][VOTE] Trailing commas in all list syntax
From: cschneid@cschneid.com (Christian Schneider)

Am 30.01.2017 um 04:17 schrieb Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net>:
> Unless there is critical reason not to implement it that I don't know =
of, I
> prefer to allow trailing commas like array universally/consistently.

I agree that consistency would be preferable here. Syntax subtleties =
where sometimes you can have trailing commas and sometimes you can't are =
more confusing than helpful IMHO.

One point where I'm most missing it is function calls because we use =
some very powerful variadic functions in our core library which can lead =
to long parameter lists (without being bad design) and therefore profit =
the most from not having a special case on the last line.

And I really don't expect a proliferation of uglier code by allowing =
trailing commas while there are cases where it is very useful.

Regards,
- Chris