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--- rfc:println [2021/03/13 19:46] – tandre
+++ rfc:println [2021/03/13 20:03] – tandre
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 My reasons for unconditionally choosing the Unix newline are documented in the section [[#the_unix_newline_is_always_used|The Unix Newline is always used]].
+==== Should this be a language construct instead ====
+https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3918#issuecomment-502012735
+<blockquote>
+Should't this be a language construct instead of a function, so it can be used without parenthesis just like echo or print?
+It would feel a little weird being able to do:
+<code php>
+echo 'hello world';
+print 'hello world';
+</code>
+... but not:
+<code php>
+puts 'hello world';
+</code>
+</blockquote>
+Adding this as a language construct (i.e. new statement type) is something I'd expect to be contentious, and this is deliberately NOT done. Adding a new keyword would
+  - Cause a larger BC break.
+  - Increase the complexity of the language specification and make the language a bit harder to learn; I'd prefer simplicity by using an ordinary global function in this case.
+  - Be impossible to polyfill (when brackets weren't added) for older php versions.
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