On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Gwynne Raskind <gwy...@darkrainfall.org>wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 09:12, Antony Dovgal <t...@daylessday.org> wrote: > >>> Btw, am I the only one to whom the proposed syntax seems kinda > >>> hieroglyphic? > >> No. I don't see at all why we need this, just like I don't see why we > >> needed an alternative (short) syntax for arrays. This kind of syntax > >> additions that add *no* functionality, should not be in PHP. > > Yes, I believe we should stop this stream of alternative syntax proposals > > and concentrate on fixing existing functionality instead of adding less > readable ways to do > > the same thing. I would really like to keep PHP code easily readable, not > to turn it into > > perl-ish write-only gibberish. > > 100% agreed, both about the cryptic nature of the proposed syntax and > the need to focus on fixing existing issues. Strong -1 on a new > syntax. Aye, just realized watching the |=> reminded me of perl... say, I think that is what an aneurysm feels like.
