On 26/03/2020 18:52, Nikita Popov wrote:
Hi internals,
This has been declined in the past, but I just keep making this mistake,
and believe it deserves reconsideration...
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/trailing_comma_in_parameter_list
Nikita
Hi Nikita,
While I'd personally be fine with this change, I think we should
understand why the previous proposal failed rather than just hoping the
vote goes differently this time.
Specifically, this vote was only 3 years ago, and although it achieved a
majority, was well short of the 2/3 requirement:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/list-syntax-trailing-commas#functionmethod_arguments_declarations_calls
Notably, a followup RFC proposing only function *calls* allow trailing
commas, passed a few months later, and includes this specific rationale:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/trailing-comma-function-calls#wait_didn_t_we_just_vote_on_this
> I was contacted by many “no” voters saying that they would have voted
“yes” for function calls, but “no” for function declarations. ThisRFC
proposes allowing a trailing comma in function call syntax only.
Looking back at the discussions from 2017, I can see a couple of people
taking that position, but not expanding on it. Does anyone still hold
that view, and want to explain why they feel that way?
Side-note - here's a quick timeline of related RFCs:
- Feb 2013: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/trailing-comma-function-args -
function calls only, rejected 15:20
- Oct 2015:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/revisit-trailing-comma-function-args -
withdrawn in favour of next RFC
- Nov 2015, voted Jan 2017:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/list-syntax-trailing-commas - function calls
and parameters, rejected 24:20
- Oct 2017: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/trailing-comma-function-calls -
function calls only, passed 30:10
- Mar 2020: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/trailing_comma_in_parameter_list -
function parameters only...
Regards,
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Rowan Tommins (né Collins)
[IMSoP]
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