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 Content preview:  On 05.10.20 12:24, Andreas Leathley wrote: > On 05.10.20 12:08,
    Lynn wrote: >> How should php deal with the scenario where you want to `use`
    everything >> and have one variable by reference? >> >> ``` >> function ()
    use (*, &$butNotThisOne) {}; >> ``` > > The easiest would be to only allow
    "use (*)" with no references or > additional syntax. "use (*)" would only
    copy all local variables into > the closure, no references. Personally I
   have never used references with > "use", I think it is much more niche compared
    to the regular copying, > and there is still the explicit (current) syntax
    to do references. [...] 
 
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Support for multi-line arrow functions
From: markus@fischer.name (Markus Fischer)

On 05.10.20 12:24, Andreas Leathley wrote:
> On 05.10.20 12:08, Lynn wrote:
>> How should php deal with the scenario where you want to `use` everything
>> and have one variable by reference?
>>
>> ```
>> function () use (*, &$butNotThisOne) {};
>> ```
> 
> The easiest would be to only allow "use (*)" with no references or
> additional syntax. "use (*)" would only copy all local variables into
> the closure, no references. Personally I have never used references with
> "use", I think it is much more niche compared to the regular copying,
> and there is still the explicit (current) syntax to do references.

FTR, short arrow function implicitly only support "by value" bindings, I 
just checked the docs.

I do use by ref with closures btw.

- Markus