Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Loosening heredoc/nowdoc scanner

On 30/08/2014 22:26, Robert Williams wrote:
> function foo() {
>     $string = <<<
>        THEEND
>        This is the document text. Any
>        whitespace appearing in a column
>        that’s before the starting token
>        is automatically ignored for all
>        lines.
>     THEEND;

I like this idea, at first glance.

> I’ve not given this solution deep thought, so I’m sure there are problems I’m missing.

The biggest one that comes into my mind is how to define "a column 
that's before the starting token" if there are a mix of tabs and spaces 
involved.

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]