Hi, I'm that somebody Tyrael is talking about. FTR, I'm all for deprecating short tags, but I do feel the echo shortcut is a separate issue. Perhaps if <?php= was implemented a greater deal of people on both sides of the discussion would be happier.
Best regards, David On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Philip Olson <phi...@roshambo.org> wrote: > > > PLEASE, let the dead horse be! > >>>> > >>> > >> Apparently, this horse is not as dead as some would like it to be :) > >> > > > > The horse is not dead or if so then no proper burial service was given. > > People are still waiting for the invitations and wanting to hear the > eulogy. > > > > So, instead I'll make the following assumptions and engrave them into > this > > topics tombstone: > > > > - short_open_tag is fully alive > > - short_open_tag is PHP_INI_SYSTEM|PHP_INI_PERDIR > > - all distributed php.ini files disable it (5.3+) > > - the default will be enabled, forever, unless #5 is used > > - --disable-short-tags will exist, forever > > - no new alternative syntax will be implemented, ever > > > > That's the situation people should understand and since this horse is > > considered dead I will: > > > > - update php.ini ini descriptions to reflect this > > - update documentation to reflect this > > - mark http://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortags as declined > > - point to the declined rfc when people suggest these alternatives > > > > All discussion is over unless a human knows the above synopsis is false, > > because CVS has spoken. RIP. > > > > > apparently somebody else brought up the shortag(specifically the <?= tag) > topic again, and I've noticed that you moved the rfc from declined to "In > discussion" recently (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shortags?do=revisions), so > I > would like to know that are these rules still hold, or did something > happened since this decision? > I couldn't find the suggested clarification in the docs either (maybe > looked > at the wrong place) > > Tyrael >
