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Subject: [RFC] Auto-capture multi-line closures and short functions take 2
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

Greetings, Internalians.

Some months back I proposed an RFC for short functions.

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/short-functions

After some discussion, I put it on hold to ensure that it was compatible with the other discussion floating about around an alternate syntax for multi-line closures that did auto-capture.  It's important that the syntax of both proposals is consistent.

Nuno Maduro and i have talked recently and worked out the syntax that is consistent between both proposals.  That takes 'fn' off the table for short-functions, for reasons discussed in both RFCs.

To that end, I offer:

1) The updated short-functions RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/short-functions

2) A new RFC, code by Nuno, for auto-capturing multi-statement closures: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/auto-capture-closure

These are separate RFCs and at this time we plan to send them to separate votes, but I list them together to demonstrate that they have been developed in a mutually-compatible way.

Further details in the auto-capture-closure RFC.

-- 
  Larry Garfield
  larry@garfieldtech.com