On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 11:09, Christian Schneider <cschn...@cschneid.com> wrote: > > Am 14.08.2019 um 10:39 schrieb Peter Kokot <peterko...@gmail.com>: > >> The best counterargument I can give against "cleaning up" is that it takes > >> energy away from actual new features, even if it's just the mental energy > >> of monitoring and responding to long threads like this one. > > > > Code is like a garden. If there are unwanted weeds and nobody cleans > > them up, the flowers don't shine and grow as they should. Cleaning of > > the weeds is just as important as new features. A bit less but > > important. > > Going with your analogy: Some things (like short open tags) are that > individual small flower in the corner of the garden which does not multiply. > We already spent way too much time discussing it, the rest of the garden > needs water and the gardeners are fighting over a dandelion. A bike-shed > discussion at its worst: No real gain but everybody has an opinion. > Real cleaning up, now that's where it gets interesting. And those discussions > tend to be more productive even recently. > > Oh and: I'm very much afraid the OP was trolling and succeeded in getting > people to react, so please, please let this particular thread die :-( > > - Chris
I'm sorry but until the RFC is still in voting phase, participants should be welcome to express opinions. And the message by OP was correct. PHP is having a lot of these old sins and they are standing out, yes. -- Peter Kokot -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
