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rfc:arbitrary_expression_interpolation [2017/09/15 22:22] – tpunt | rfc:arbitrary_expression_interpolation [2017/12/12 17:09] (current) – tpunt |
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* ''${}'' - Poses a very large BC break, since ''${a}'' would now look for a constant (rather than a variable) named ''a'' | * ''${}'' - Poses a very large BC break, since ''${a}'' would now look for a constant (rather than a variable) named ''a'' |
* ''{}'' - Poses a potentially large BC break by suddenly giving all curly braces in strings semantic meaning | * ''{}'' - Poses a potentially large BC break by suddenly giving all curly braces in strings semantic meaning |
* ''#{}'' - Poses a minor BC break | * ''#{}'' - Poses a low BC break |
| * Sting sigils (such as: ''e"Result: {func()}"'') - Poses no BC break, but looks odd to apply to the execution operator (''e`...`''), and looks ugly for the heredoc syntax (''e<''''<''''<END'' or ''e<''''<''''<"END"'') |
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Overall, I have chosen the ''#{}'' syntax for its low BC impact, as well as its familiarity, given that the same syntax is used by some other languages too (Ruby, Crystal, Elixir, CoffeeScript). | Overall, I have chosen the ''#{}'' syntax for its low BC impact, as well as its familiarity (given that the same syntax is used by other languages, including Ruby, Crystal, Elixir, and CoffeeScript). |
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===== Backward Incompatible Changes ===== | ===== Backward Incompatible Changes ===== |
The new syntax will now cause the character sequence ''#{...}'' to be evaluated within strings. | The new syntax will now cause the character sequence ''#{...}'' to be evaluated within strings. |
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| To minimise the BC impact, the ''#'' symbol will **not** need additional escaping (unlike the ''$'' symbol) when used within interpreted (double-quoted/heredoc/execution operator) strings. This means that regular expressions such as ''"#Number \#[1-9][0-9]*#"'' can remain unaffected. However, there are still two cases where BC will be broken. |
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| The first is by the consuming of the ''#'' in cases where a variable is interpolated with curly braces immediately following it, such as in ''"#{$n}"''. In this case, the output will now not contain the leading ''#'' (it will need to be escaped as ''"\#{$n}"''). |
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| The second is that in the event a regular expression specifies a quantity of ''#''s, such as ''"~#{1,2}~"'', and this regular expression is encapsulated in evaluated strings, then it will now need to be escaped to ''"~\#{1,2}~"''. |
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===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== | ===== Proposed PHP Version(s) ===== |
The next PHP 7.x version (or 8.0, whichever comes next) | I have tentatively chosen the next **major** version of PHP (PHP 8, or whatever it will be numbered) for this feature. This is mainly due to the potential BC break with respect to regular expressions. |
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===== RFC Impact ===== | ===== RFC Impact ===== |