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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 08:29:02 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Change -> to dot(.)
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The dot is already the string concatenation operator. This would be a horrible migration process. The PHP team is never going to upset the developer experience that much for a purely cosmetic change.

Also, C and C++ use the -> symbol, two major languages.

Regards

On 6 Jul 2017, 08:13 +0200, Khawer . <khaweronline@gmail.com>, wrote:
> In all major programming languages we access object properties and methods
> using dot(.).
>
> C#:
> Abc Abc = new Abc();
> Abc.method();
>
> Java:
> Abc Abc = new Abc();
> Abc.method();
>
> JavaScript:
> var apple = new function() {
> this.name = "Test";
> }
> alert(apple.name());
>
>
> Why not to make PHP similar to these languages by allowing to access object
> properties and methods using dot(.). We will still keep "->" until PHP 8 to
> maintain backward compatibility.

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