On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:18 AM Côme Chilliet < come.chill...@fusiondirectory.org> wrote:
> Le Thu, 6 Aug 2020 07:48:05 +0100 (BST), > Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> a écrit : > > From the RFC: > > - No ending delimiter > > As said before, it does have an ending delimiter when they are arguments > since > there is the parenthesis around them. When there are no arguments I don’t > see > the benefit of an ending delimiter, it’s easy to spot the end of the word. > > > - Doesn't allow grouping > > I do not understand this argument, what is the point of grouping for @@? > Does grouping mean anything special for other syntaxes, or is it just to > save > keystrokes? If it is just to get a more concise syntax when there are > several > attributes, the fact that @@ do not need grouping is a pro, not a con. > > > - No forwards compat with PHP 7 > > But no BC break either, while #[] introduces BC break. > This is **not** true. Both @@ and #[ will break existing PHP 7 code! The question is how likely each of them is. #[ will be slightly higher than @@ - but both will still be in the 0,000001% range of occurrences. and for *both* the same Fix is a project wide sed that replaces @@ with @<space>@ and #[ with #<space>[ respectively. > > - Not used ny another language > > @ is used by a lot of other languages, and @@ is the closest we can get in > PHP. > > Côme > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
