Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

2019-08-14 Thread Rowan Collins
On 14/08/2019 09:39, Peter Kokot wrote: 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. It's a pretty analogy, but I don't think

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

2019-08-14 Thread Peter Kokot
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 10:11, Rowan Collins wrote: > > On 13 August 2019 19:19:42 BST, Olumide Samson wrote: > >Not sure what the counter argument is really driving at. > >So, because some people are using a function or an unworthy directive, > >then > >there can't be a major change in that aspec

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

2019-08-14 Thread Rowan Collins
On 13 August 2019 19:19:42 BST, Olumide Samson wrote: >Not sure what the counter argument is really driving at. >So, because some people are using a function or an unworthy directive, >then >there can't be a major change in that aspect? That's not what anyone is saying. What people are saying is

[PHP-DEV] Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

2019-08-13 Thread Olumide Samson
Not sure what the counter argument is really driving at. So, because some people are using a function or an unworthy directive, then there can't be a major change in that aspect? Many languages clean up many unused functions, directives and so more just to meet some proper standard. I'm been shamed

[PHP-DEV] Re: Deprecate PHP's short open tags, again

2019-08-13 Thread Olumide Samson
Not sure what the counter argument is really driving at. So, because some people are using a function or an unworthy directive, then there can't be a major change in that aspect? Many languages clean up many unused functions, directives and so more just to meet some proper standard. I'm been shamed