PHP Annotations Are a Horrible Idea

Re:PHP Annotations Are a Horrible Idea by mikeash on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @10:42AM (#4664635)

If you're going to have different syntax for annotations and actual comments, why not choose a syntax that's properly different and not just a weird mutation?

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Re:PHP Annotations Are a Horrible Idea by robryan on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @04:58PM (#4666407)

Because they want something that is still valid PHP.

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Re:PHP Annotations Are a Horrible Idea by mikeash on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @06:12PM (#4666651)

But why? Do I misunderstand that these annotations change the meaning of the code? Why would you want something that's still valid PHP without them, but means something else?

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