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by alpaca128 1135 days ago
> it’s using the same starting symbol as a comment

In Java the keywords "public" and "private" use the same starting symbol too, what's your point? Attributes start with "#[", comments with "//" or "#". That's clear enough.

> it’s greyed out in the text editor like a comment

A language isn't responsible for a specific text editor's syntax highlighting.

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> A language isn't responsible for a specific text editor's syntax highlighting.

It’s even greyed out like a comment in the official symfony documentation.