@ before a function call will simply turn off error reporting for that particular call. You will have to choose a different syntax. And, yes, personally, I am against this suggestion. There are template engines that already do similar things (Blitz, for instance) without requiring changes in the language core.
2012/4/9 Tom Boutell <t...@punkave.com> > <?@addLinks($this->escape($foo)) ?> >