Hello, Internals, I would be happy to author an RFC on replacing @@ with #[] but based on Larry's comments it sounds like the weighted voting already solved this issue for us? We as internals just need to decide that @@ isn't a solution and defer to the next ranked vote? I'd be the first one to +1.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 9:38 AM Gabriel Caruso <carusogabr...@php.net> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 14:00, Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I know we've voted twice on this already, but are we really sure that > > the @@ syntax is a good idea? > > > > - There are lots of grumbles, both on here, room 11, as well as in the > > wider community (https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/hjpu79/it_is/) > > - It has the distinct possibility to cause further parsing issues, akin > > to what ended up happening with what Nikita is addressing at > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaced_names_as_token > > - There is no "end symbol" to make finding occurences easier. > > - It is a syntax *no other language* uses. > > - @ is never going to go away, so the possibility of @@ moving to @ is > > also 0. > > > > Please, let's do the sensible and use the Rusty #[...] syntax. > > > > cheers, > > Derick > > > > -- > > PHP 7.4 Release Manager > > Host of PHP Internals News: https://phpinternals.news > > Like Xdebug? Consider supporting me: https://xdebug.org/support > > https://derickrethans.nl | https://xdebug.org | https://dram.io > > twitter: @derickr and @xdebug > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > Hello Derick. > > I do understand your concerns, and I appreciate that you've reached out. > > Although we are very close to the Feature Freeze date for PHP 8.0 ( > https://wiki.php.net/todo/php80), I wouldn't mind opening an exception for > this specific case and let you (or someone), create an RFC proposing to > change the syntax of Attributes (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/attributes_v2), > and that only! > > I'm copying PHP 8.0's Release Manager Sara, to hear her opinion on this as > well. > > -- Gabriel Caruso > -- - Joe Ferguson JoeFerguson.me osmihelp.org
