Adherence To CI Style Guide

[eluser]zippy[/eluser]
'short_open_tags' suck.

I'm generally bemused - but mostly dismayed - by the ongoing failure of PHP coders of all ages and persuasions to understand the reason why they should avoid using short_open_tags in their code.

From the CI 1.7 Style Guide:

'Always use full PHP opening tags, in case a server does not have short_open_tag enabled.'

'..in case..?' Uh?

What PHP coder/developer doesn't understand that since v5, PHP disables short_open_tags by default? Or even why that is?

Clue: how do you embed '<?xml' in a template script when short_open_tags is enabled?

So much of the contributed code I've seen is riddled with this.

Tighten it up, guys. ;-)

Been a cold day here, feelin' miserable.