Sure, they should be separated into two equally impossible to pass RFCs. However, do you see a reasonable alternative way to achieve this type of improvement?
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Mike Dugan <m...@dugan.io> wrote: > Shawn & Stellan, > > (Apologies if this gets delivered twice, had to confirm myself on the > mailing list again) > > Agreed, @ shouldn’t be repurposed as a macro (or anything). That would > lead to a huge amount of confusion for quite a while, but especially during > the early days of 7. I’m also not a fan of declaring the field with dollar > sign prefix but using it with an @ prefix (or any other prefix for that > matter). > > These should probably be separated into two separate RFCs - > deprecating/removing @ error suppression, and pending that one being > accepted the @ instance var macro could then be sent along. > > -- > Mike Dugan > m...@dugan.io > http://dugan.io > > On March 9, 2015 at 9:32:23 AM, Stelian Mocanita (steli...@php.net) wrote: > > Hi Shawn, > > My opinion is that even though the "@" operator should be deprecated in > further along the line removed, it should not be repurposed for anything, > it has too much legacy imho. > > While a shortcut might be a good idea, I personally favour the $this->var > syntax just for muscle memory if nothing else. > > Stelian > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:54 AM, reeze <re...@php.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On 9 March 2015 at 17:43, Shawn McCool <sh...@heybigname.com> wrote: > > > > > I've never submitted an RFC. Whether or not you're interested in the > > > feature, please consider giving me feedback on the RFC itself so that > I > > can > > > better understand how to succeed in the process. > > > > > > ====== PHP RFC: Instance Variable Sugar ====== > > > * Version: 0.1 > > > * Date: 2015-03-09 > > > * Author: Shawn McCool, sh...@heybigname.com > > > * Status: In Discussion > > > > > > ===== Summary ===== > > > > > > In order to access instance variables, one must use the `$this->` > prefix. > > > The problem with this is that it reduces expressiveness in the > language > > and > > > increases the amount of unnecessary decoration, reducing readability. > > > > > > > This might decrease readability, since we already comfortable with the > > syntax $this->something, in my opinion > > > > > > > This RFC proposes a single character syntax sugar form of `$this->`. > > > Instead, an `@` can be used to reference instance variables. > > > > > > The @ replaces the normal $ variable prefix. > > > > > > > ===== Example ===== > > > > > > <file php MyClass.php> > > > <?php > > > class Addition { > > > private $number > > > > > > public function __construct($number) { > > > @number = $number; > > > } > > > > > > public function original() { > > > return @number; > > > } > > > > > > public function addTo($amount) { > > > return @number + $amount; > > > > > > > this is a BC break. this is the same as constant number + $amount. so > this > > syntax is not feasible. > > > > > > > } > > > } > > > </file> > > > > > > ===== Backwards Compatibility ===== > > > > > > Leave `$this->` available. > > > > > > ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== > > > > > > This is proposed for the next PHP x, currently PHP 7. > > > > > > -- > > > Shawn McCool | Big Name > > > sh...@heybigname.com > > > heybigname.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Reeze Xia > > http://reeze.cn > > > > -- Shawn McCool | Big Name sh...@heybigname.com heybigname.com
