(Top posting because... sue me.) I hereby propose to use @[] syntax for attributes.
No need to vote; it's clearly the best, nay only, real option. Make it so. P.S. Sorry for suggesting @@ earlier, I've no idea what I was thinking. Creating new syntax is HARD! P.P.S. <3 On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 20:59, Marcio Almada <marcio.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 12:57 PM Theodore Brown <theodor...@outlook.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Joe, > > > > > > From the perspective of looks alone I don't care much one way or the > > > other between @@ and #[]. However, I don't find the arguments for #[] > > > in this RFC very compelling, and it ignores some of the other downsides > > > of #[] compared to @@ that should be highlighted. Let's go through the > > > arguments from the RFC: > > > > > > > <snipped here> > > > > Theodore, thanks for your comments, time, and work on the Shorter > Attribute > > Syntax RFC. I appreciate your feedback and I'm also of the mind where I > > don't care based on looks alone. The RFC also notes the @@ issues have > been > > resolved by the RFC closing at the end of the month. > > > > My motivation for this RFC is based on 2 things: > > > > Firstly, the @@ syntax makes parsing harder (although not impossible) on > > CLI tools such as PHPCS. Therefore IMHO internals should make the best > > effort to avoid this when possible. > > > > Secondly, I'd like to see internals use this as a point in the future to > > avoid this kind of issue where we need to vote on something yet again > > instead of taking the runner up in a ranked-choice vote. Originally this > > was my main motivation until I saw the issues raised by the PHPCS users. > > > > Is this issue documented somewhere on github or on any other platform? > I'd like to see the discussion and maybe participate in it. > > Thanks, > Márcio > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
