Such a nice syntax. Even better than @@ and @. I wish this could get more attention/traction.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 19:46 David Rodrigues <david.pro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, you are right! "yield from" is not common for me currently, so I really > skipped it. > > In this case, is there some problem to apply it to Attribute case? "using > attribute(Attribute())" or something like that? > > > Atenciosamente, > David Rodrigues > > > Em qua., 29 de jul. de 2020 às 14:01, Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com> > escreveu: > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 6:50 PM David Rodrigues <david.pro...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hello! > >> > >> I do not know if there is some consensus about "why not use two words > as a > >> single keyword" in programming language in general, but I really found a > >> few examples of it, as in SQL with "GROUP BY", for instance. > >> > >> So I question if it could be used on PHP to expand the keywords > repertoire > >> by mixing two words without causes BC. > >> > >> I will use the Attribute syntax-war to exemplify. > >> > >> I really prefer to create a new keyword "attr()" or "attribute()" to > make > >> attributes possible. It basically uses the same function-like with > >> arguments to work. But it invariably will cause BC to old codes that use > >> attr or attribute names (eg. "function attr()"). > >> > >> But, if we create a new two-words keyword like "using attr()", maybe it > >> will not cause any BC, because "function using attr()" is impossible, > but > >> "using attr(X) function attr()" will do. > >> > >> I do not know if I am being high with peanuts, but maybe it could be > >> considered to this discussion and make possible new features on PHP > >> without > >> creating strange symbols like @@ or #[] that will requires that new > users > >> check the documentation about "what it mean", while is very hard to > Google > >> symbols (so search will be "what mean double at in PHP" or "what mean > >> hashtag brackets"). > >> > >> > >> Atenciosamente, > >> David Rodrigues > >> > > > > PHP does have a two word keyword: "yield from" > > > > Nikita > > >
