On Jun 2, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Sean Coates wrote:
>>> If people vote on this now, will further discussion about how this SHOULD
>>> work be shut down with "we already voted on this"?
>> which other discussions do you wish? Json is clearly not an option and
>> not enough people (but a couple) likes or wants it.
>>
>> The RFC is about short array syntax and as far as I can see there is
>> already a clear consensus for one of the proposed new syntax.
>
> I don't see why JSON (or JSON-like, or JavaScript Object Literal, or whatever the least
> politically-fired term of the moment) syntax is "clearly" not an option. I'm
> considering writing a new RFC that calls for first-class JSONishy syntax, but I have better things
> to do if it's already dead in the water.
>
> As much as I'd like to avoid drawing out this discussion, I think a premature vote that
> will be used as a political wedge to shut down all future syntaxes that don't use T_ARRAY is
> not in the best interest of PHP.
I share this concern, and it applies to future topics and discussions. I think you creating this RFC
would be helpful, and that we as a group should respect the desired timeline for proposing this
alternative RFC (I assume over the weekend?).
We won't be forgetting this topic (it feels like people are panicking like we will) so if said
alternative isn't available or doesn't gain traction then the current [adjusted] RFC
should be implemented.
Regards,
Philip