Forgot to add.
As for me, poor developers experience is that I am forced to write the same
6-symbols prefix with 1 or 2 Shift-keystrokes 20-30 times per one code page
- without alternatives.
With best regards,
MaxD
пт, 1 трав. 2020 о 18:02 Ben Ramsey <b...@benramsey.com> пише:
> > On May 1, 2020, at 09:44, Max D <m...@bukrek.net> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings, Internals!
> >
> > This is my first try to input the proposal, please don't be strict )
> >
> > All the years with PHP I hate writing classes. The need to prefix EVERY
> > property and method use looks horrible and writes horrible. So, the
> > proposal:
> >
> > Lets introduce directive
> > declare(simple_classes=1);
> >
> > This directive will switch interpreter mode, where class declared
> > properties and methods are accessible as regular variables and functions
> at
> > class code.
> >
> > So, such a fragment
> >
> > public function __construct() {
> > $this->get = $this->clean($_GET);
> > $this->post = $this->clean($_POST);
> > $this->request = $this->clean($_REQUEST);
> > $this->cookie = $this->clean($_COOKIE);
> > $this->files = $this->clean($_FILES);
> > $this->server = $this->clean($_SERVER);
> > }
> >
> > will look so with the proposed directive:
> >
> > public function __construct() {
> > $get = clean($_GET);
> > $post = clean($_POST);
> > $request = clean($_REQUEST);
> > $cookie = clean($_COOKIE);
> > $files = clean($_FILES);
> > $server = clean($_SERVER);
> > }
> >
> > What do we lose with such an approach? The ability to use local variables
> > named as class properties and the ability to call regular functions,
> called
> > as class methods. Both things are super-rarely used and programmers have
> > the ability to change naming to achieve them.
> >
> > For static properties/methods, dynamic ones will have an advantage if
> > naming matches.
> > Of course, the ability to use usual prefixes will be preserved.
> >
> > I'm not going to implement this, hoping someone will volunteer if the
> > reaction is positive.
> > Also I have some more proposals I will post if this one goes nice.
> >
> > With best regards,
> > MaxD
>
>
> Hi, MaxD!
>
> Is there a particular problem you’re trying to solve with this proposal?
> You say, “All the years with PHP I hate writing classes. The need to prefix
> EVERY property and method use looks horrible and writes horrible.”
>
> I’m generally in favor of changes that make it easier for developers to do
> their jobs well, but I don’t think writing `$this->` in front of property
> and method names is a detriment to the development process. In fact, I
> think it aids in writing safe code. Without `$this->`, it’s possible to
> unknowingly use or overwrite a class property, when that is not the intent.
> I think this leads to a poor developer experience, so I would be against
> this change.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
>
>
