Re: Any reason there is no <?php= ?> syntax?

Bb wrote:

> <?=$var ?> i thought
>
> "Yasuo Ohgaki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Is there any reason there is no <?php= ?> syntax?
>>
>>It seems it's just a matter of adding "<?php=" to T_OPEN_TAG_WITH_ECHO
>>in zend_language_scanner.l
>>
>>Is there known side effect for adding <?php= ?> syntax?

I know <?= and <%= syntax. I'm taking about the reason why Zend Engine
does not have "<?php= ?>" syntax. It's only 2 lines of change.

RCS file: /repository/Zend/zend_language_scanner.l,v
retrieving revision 1.40
diff -u -r1.40 zend_language_scanner.l
--- zend_language_scanner.l     2001/09/22 00:06:27     1.40
+++ zend_language_scanner.l     2001/10/18 09:49:39
@@ -938,8 +938,8 @@
 }


-<INITIAL>"<%="|"<?=" {
-       if ((yytext[1]=='%' && CG(asp_tags)) || (yytext[1]=='?' &&
CG(short_tags))) {
+<INITIAL>"<%="|"<?="|"<?php=" {
+       if ((yytext[1]=='%' && CG(asp_tags)) || (yytext[1]=='?' &&
CG(short_tags)) || yytext[2] == 'p') {
                zendlval->value.str.val = yytext; /* no copying -
intentional */
                zendlval->value.str.len = yyleng;
                zendlval->type = IS_STRING;