Drak wrote:
> I would argue that the introduction of this into the core is adding more
> feature bloat into the language that is not quite needed at this point.
>
Annotations cannot be considered bloat because are being used increasingly
everywhere that is a clear indication that they are required as part of the
PHP core as much as many of the Spl classes. It should be clear by now that
the PHP community really do want annotations. At this stage, if someone has
done the work to make this happen, the discussion really should be more
about polishing that contribution and making sure it provides a robust
solution to this feature than trying to postpone or find reasons to put this
off.
*IS* it clear by now that the majority of users want this? And the argument that
'You don't have to use it' does not wash either since once it has been pushed
in, some of the libraries we are using are going to start requiring it simply
because those developers do like the idea, but it does not necessarily mean that
THE CURRENT PROPOSAL is the right way of doing it? What I seem to have lost is
the evidence that annotations are going in because we HAVE all agreed to them?
If they CAN'T be implemented as a PECL extension, then they need a very good
implementation covering all aspects even before it is decided that they should
be pushed in? Much like Traits ...
The current standards such as phpdoc are falling well behind because nobody has
the time to implement some of the ALREADY created new features. It is this that
is more annoying given the investment in time just to try and keep up, And
creating tools intended for users who don't like the existing tools is further
watering down the project :( The existing tools had been working well, but
nowadays things are simply becoming a mess ...
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