Re:PHP Annotations Are a Horrible Idea
by masklinn on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @08:21AM
(#4664038)
> the official RFC for annotations is actually a little cleaner in syntax, easier to read and implemented in the language itself which is a way beter system than comment annotations.
Sure, everybody knows that, but when the language does not have actual annotations yet (in whichever form they are), in-comment annotations are a very common choice. That's also what Java libs tended to use before annotations were added in Java 5.
Sure, everybody knows that, but when the language does not have actual annotations yet (in whichever form they are), in-comment annotations are a very common choice. That's also what Java libs tended to use before annotations were added in Java 5.