[drupal-devel] [feature] Remove ?>

[chx]

Issue status update for 
http://drupal.org/node/29385
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http://drupal.org/project/comments/add/29385

 Project:      Drupal
 Version:      cvs
 Component:    other
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  chx
 Reported by:  chx
 Updated by:   chx
 Status:       patch (ready to be committed)

Folks, this is simply silly. Next what, we add a comment to every single
SQL query explaining what's {} around the table names? (It's not in the
db_query docs, it is in db_prefix_tables.)


Or we begin to pick label some features of the PHP language as
"strange" and comment them like no tomorrow? For example the
"alternative syntax" in templates? Heredoc syntax (if we use that at
all)? Write lengthy essays about what our pregs do just because they
are hard to understand? Forget this but please commit my patch :)




chx



Previous comments:
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Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:37:25 +0000 : chx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/no_question_more_at_the_end.patch (20.22 KB)

I finally decided that it's best to remove all ?> from the end of all
files. I set this to ready to be commited as there is not a single line
of code which is modified and we have debated this to death on the devel
list.


TODO: update the coding style guidelines.




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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:55:21 +0000 : Uwe Hermann

Patch applies, seems to work (a quick check trying various things on a
test-site succeeded).




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Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:13:51 +0000 : Dries

Committed to HEAD.  Marking this 'active' until the coding guidelines
have been updated.




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:22:10 +0000 : chx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/leftovers.patch (1.77 KB)

I have not patched *.php so that templates won't get hurt. But this
meant a few files are left out... here.




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:11:14 +0000 : Thomas Ilsche

What do you think about leaving a comment at the end of every file like


// end tag intentionally omited




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:47:36 +0000 : Uwe Hermann

+1. This will prevent lots of questions in the forums...




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:57:04 +0000 : Morbus Iff

No, it won't. It'll just turn "why is the thing missing" to "so, uh,
what's the reason it''s missing?" Intent has nothing to do with
explanation. If we include a comment like this, we should include a
page in the docs explaining exactly why, and then include that URL in
the comment. Only then will it pre-empt questions.




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:08:31 +0000 : webchick

Even better would be something like:


// end tag intentionally omitted - see
http://lists.drupal.org/archives/drupal-devel/2005-08/msg00648.html


Note: 2 "t"s in omitted.


This would stop both the "Hey, you guys forgot to put ?>s at the end of
your files!" as well as the "Hey, WHY is the end tag intentionally
ommitted?"


The only problem is that's now an extra ~100 bytes X however many core
files there are + contrib module files, etc.


I agree that this information definitely needs to be available (and in
a very prominent place) in order to address forthcoming
questions/concerns, but I'm not sure if appending to the end of each
file is necessarily the best way...




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:14:35 +0000 : kbahey

Angela.


I was just thinking the same thing.


A better arpproach would be to summarize the mailing list dicussion to
a Drupal.org page in the FAQ section, and point to it.


// End PHP tag intentionally omitted. See
http://drupal.org/faq/something for details.




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:21:58 +0000 : nedjo

An FAQ addition is a good idea, but I think we can safely document and
not append a message.  The same message in every file is bloat (unless
it's needed for e.g. licensing).  People will figure it out.




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:29:01 +0000 : Morbus Iff

Well, if we're not gonna have an explanatory message inline, I'd prefer
something like:



<?php
// 
?>

 commented; see
http://drupal.org/faq/tricky_code_that_requires_explanation


?>


Note: I'm still not a fan of this ;)




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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:30:00 +0000 : Morbus Iff

Grr. Well, that screwed up. Sure wish Preview worked ;) Let's try this:


// ?> http://drupal.org/faq/tricky_code_that_requires_explanation