Hi Rowan I see. I still think a simple poll would be useful to choose the least controversial syntax. Otherwise I fear that the RFC might get rejected out of superficial reasons.
Regards, Ilija On 7 Feb 2017, 21:07 +0100, Rowan Collins <rowan.coll...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Hi Ilija, > > On 7 February 2017 18:58:15 GMT+00:00, ilija.tov...@me.com wrote: > > And also, have you considered letting people vote for their preferred > > arrow function syntax? > > I kinda don’t think we’re gonna find an agreement as there are so many > > different opinions. > > The problem with voting on alternative syntaxes is precisely that there *are* > so many different options. Designing a vote with multiple options that gives > an answer people are happy with is a whole science in itself. > > I think the best we can do is have a "without prejudice" vote on a single > proposal - if it is declined, a new proposal can be made after a suitable > period of reflection. This has already happened once with this very topic, > this RFC having emerged from a previous one being rejected. > > That doesn't mean we can't discuss other syntaxes, but just opening up all > possible options to a vote doesn't really help IMHO. > > Regards, > > -- > Rowan Collins > [IMSoP] > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
