On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 12:25 -0600, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Nick Stinemates <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 01:19:58PM -0400, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't see how the throwing everything and the kitchen sink into > double > > > > quotes support caters to either of these groups. It strikes me, and > of > > > > course that's who matters here >:), that it caters to the messy, "I > wish > > > > I REALLY knew what I was doing", slovenly crowd. > > > > > > > > Just because a feature exists, doesn't mean you should use it! > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rob. > > > > -- > > > > http://www.interjinn.com > > > > Application and Templating Framework for PHP > > > > > > Agree, and couldn't imagine working with someones code where they > > > liberally use these types of lazy things. I like structured, ordered > > > code, and, somehow, using something like this technique doesn't seem > > > structured or ordered. > > > > > > to each his own; as i said personally, i consider those *more* structured > > than the concatenation operator, when they work ;) but anyway, i got > lured > > into the argument for parsing variables and function calls in double > > quotes. i have been arguing for the $className::$staticMember > > Well, I certainly don't have a problem with $className::$staticMember. > But then, we ween't talking about that, were we! :) i know; i tried to sneak it in to no avail; heh. anyway, no matter, i finally got a reply on the qa list. > > i piggybacked into this conversation because of a lack of response on a > > previous post from this week. and just to pour gas on the fire, if you > guys > > want to know a syntactic sugar feature i avoid like the plague, its the > > ternary operator! > > > I find it succinct for short evaluations... such as getting a $_GET > entry whether it exists or not. ya; i know they have uses and (keep it on the dl) i have been known to use them as well, rarely. but theyve grown on me a little since my initial blanket hatred of them. more than anything i was just trying to stir things up a bit :D -nathan
