Re: [RFC] [Vote] Keywords as identifiers
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Derick Rethans <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Bob Weinand wrote:
>
>> I have started the vote for extended keyword support RFC:
>>
>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/keywords_as_identifiers
>
> Just to explain why I voted "no". I think the idea is good, but what I
> see from the patch is that it adds a *lot* of hand written state
> machines which are going to be a pain to maintain. I do not think this
> extra maintenance is worth the features - we've done pretty well without
> it.
I did not vote yet, however I agree with Derick. A cleaner solution
would be better. We have lived with this restriction for some time
already and we may as well delay this RFC until we have a viable
technical solution. If anyone feels motivated enough to implement the
parser/lexer using other tools :)
--
Pierre
@pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org
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