[TYPO3-50-general] RFC: Improved Shorthand Syntax

[Steffen Müller]

Hi,

On 20.10.2009 11:21 Bastian Waidelich wrote:
> Sebastian Kurfürst wrote:
> 
> 
>> There is just one thing I am not really sure about: Should we use -> or
>> | for chaining?
> 
> (...) 
>> in PHP, "->" does something totally
>> different (calling an method on an object)...
> 

yes, but -> can be used to chain PHP methods when the object is returned:

$person->setFirstname('Homer')->setLastname('Simpson');

function setFirstname($firstname) {
  $this->firstname = $firstname;
  return $this;
}

So +1  for -> instead of |


What about object properties which end with a - ? This should be
strictly forbidden then.


> so what about:
> 
> {post.title << f:format.crop(maxChars: 30) << f:format.nl2br()}
> 

Please don't, since right to left looks confusing.

-- 
cheers,
Steffen

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