On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 6:50 PM David Rodrigues <david.pro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello! > > I do not know if there is some consensus about "why not use two words as a > single keyword" in programming language in general, but I really found a > few examples of it, as in SQL with "GROUP BY", for instance. > > So I question if it could be used on PHP to expand the keywords repertoire > by mixing two words without causes BC. > > I will use the Attribute syntax-war to exemplify. > > I really prefer to create a new keyword "attr()" or "attribute()" to make > attributes possible. It basically uses the same function-like with > arguments to work. But it invariably will cause BC to old codes that use > attr or attribute names (eg. "function attr()"). > > But, if we create a new two-words keyword like "using attr()", maybe it > will not cause any BC, because "function using attr()" is impossible, but > "using attr(X) function attr()" will do. > > I do not know if I am being high with peanuts, but maybe it could be > considered to this discussion and make possible new features on PHP without > creating strange symbols like @@ or #[] that will requires that new users > check the documentation about "what it mean", while is very hard to Google > symbols (so search will be "what mean double at in PHP" or "what mean > hashtag brackets"). > > > Atenciosamente, > David Rodrigues > PHP does have a two word keyword: "yield from" Nikita
