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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 14:54:05 +0100
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To: Mark Randall <marandall@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Auto-capture multi-line closures
 andshortfunctions take 2
From: olleharstedt@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Olle_H=C3=A4rstedt?=)

2021-03-25 14:29 GMT+01:00, Mark Randall <marandall@php.net>:
> On 25/03/2021 09:28, Rowan Tommins wrote:
>> That's not quite what I meant. I meant that you can't say "capture by
>> default, but this variable is definitely local".
>
> I think if there's one argument against, this would be it, but IMHO it
> is a weakness in PHP as a whole.
>
> The solution would be adding JS-like let / const statements. Which would
> be a benefit to other things too.

JS does not support "definitely local". No language does, AFAIK.
Unless you count value types.