On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> On 04/05/2012 07:55 PM, Sébatien Durand wrote:
>> IMHO, PHP is a great template language. This is what makes it so simple
>> and powerful, compared to other web languages.
>>
>> So far, we have "<?php", "<?=" and various legacy syntaxes like "<?".
>>
>> A suggestion : deprecate these old tags and replace them with a more
>> elegant and a shorter implementation.
>>
>> For example : "<%" and "<%=" or "{%" and "{{" ?
>>
>> What do you think, guys ?
>
> It is well past April 1.
Here's Rasmus proposing <?php back in 1997, for PHP 3:
http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=90279104403805&w=2
Discussion ensues, and we end up with multiple tags. Too bad. ;)
Oh, and here's a list of possible possible options from back then,
taken from that thread:
1. <? code ?>
2. <?{whitespace} code ?>
3. <?php code ?>
4. <% code %>
5. (1) and (3) combined using some fancy hard-to-code
scanner with dedicated XML support.
6. <?_ code _?>
7. <_ code _>
8. <: code :>
9. << code >>
10. <?: code :?>
11. <?? code ??>
12. <[ code ]>
13. <{ code }>
Anyway, just a brief out-of-context look at the past. Woot!
Regards,
Philip
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