Update standards to match actual practices

[jvasseur]

Q	A
Doc fix?	yes
New docs?	no
Applies to	2.3
Fixed tickets

We don't add phpdoc if it doesn't add any meaningful information, so i removed the line saying all methods should be documented. Maybe we should replace it by a phrase explaining what should be documented ?

[javiereguiluz]

I agree with your second idea. Instead of removing the phrase, let's improve it:

Add PHPDoc blocks for all classes, methods, and functions, except when the comments are trivial (e.g. basic getter and setter methods). 

[jvasseur]

Updated with the phrase you suggested.

[soullivaneuh]

I'm 👎 for this for one reason:

except when the comments are trivial (e.g. basic getter and setter methods). 

This is not accurate at all. We should precise when the comment should be here, and when not.

For example, basic getter could / should have a phpdoc to precise the type. This is used by most of the IDE.

[wouterj]

I think almost all methods (even simple getters and setters) are documented in Symfony core. I agree that it isn't enforced as strict as other standards, but I still think we should keep the standard as it is.

However, Symfony tends to seperate public API from internal methods/properties/classes more and more. Many methods that don't have any PHPdoc are internal methods (e.g. event listener methods). Maybe we should update this to "Add PHPDoc blocks for all classes, methods, and functions that are part of the public API;" What do you think?

[xabbuh]

Well, actually we indeed usually do reject adding "useless" PHP doc.

[TomasVotruba]

What would be really helpful and clear to ready would be some examples.

E.g.

Correct commenting

// type is obvious from typehint - no need for that to duplicate public function setPerson(Person $person) { // ... } // param is unknown scalar type - add new information /**  * @param int $count  */ public function setCount($count) { } // returns unknown scalar type - add new information /**  * @return bool  */ public function isReady() { // ... }

Incorrect commenting

Usecases you are talking about...

[javiereguiluz]

What should we do with this proposal? I don't think we can put this in words with absolute precision because adding or not some PHPdoc is sometimes subjective. I'd merge it as is.

[weaverryan]

I've merged this at sha: 241dfde and tweaked the wording at sha: 0aa25f8

Thanks!