I think it has become clear that we need to revisit this syntax question again, including the elephpant in the room of delaying this feature to 8.1.
The reason is not only Joe's desire to revote on #[], but also that there are now more syntax proposals such as @[] by Derick or @@ in comments by Tyson (though no patch exists for it yet). At this point a lot of syntaxes are potentially viable (except single @, please don't suggest it). I feel the choice between many syntaxes is 80% subjective, 20% objective facts, so tensions are to be expected. As the author of the original RFC and patch, I hope I have some klout in suggesting the following procedure (RMs would need to extend their approval for revote to this). 1. we collect syntax proposals once again, with the requirement of a simple patch being available against php-src/master for viability in 8.0. 2. RMs are the arbiter to decide the patch is acceptable to be included for 8.0 or if its selection would delay entire attributes to 8.1. 3. I would make a feature matrix for the vote / RFC page and sort each proposed syntax into it, seeking input from the proposers. 4. We would then hold another vote on syntax using STV where the choice is a combination of syntax and target version, examples: - <<>> in 8.0, #[] in 8.0, @@ in 8.0 (all these patches are viable) - @@ in doc blocks for 8.1 - §[] in 8.1 (weird example to demonstrate the point) and so on. The STV vote would run with potentially 5-10 different syntaxes. On Time Frame: Sara allowed to extend this decision into feature freeze, but I believe it shouldn't be later than Beta 2 (August 20th), especially if the outcome could be delay until 8.1. What do RMs think of voting from 10th to 17th of August, giving us 3 days to merge. This gives everyone until August 8-9th to work on their syntax proposal. greetings Benjamin On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:47 PM Joe Ferguson <j...@joeferguson.me> wrote: > Hello Internals, > > I've been working with Derick Rethans and others (thanks all!) on a Shorter > Attribute Syntax Change RFC which outlines reasons why the "#[]" syntax > would be preferred over the currently agreed upon "@@" syntax for Shorter > Attribute Syntax. > > An important part of the research that went into this proposal demonstrates > how "@@" will make handling attributes more difficult for PHP_CodeSniffer > (and similar tools) and shows how the alternative "#[]" syntax is more > friendly for these tools. > > You can find the RFC > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/shorter_attribute_syntax_change and I'm happy to > answer any questions as best I can. > > -- > - Joe Ferguson > JoeFerguson.me > osmihelp.org >
