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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Let blocks
From: jaenecke@gmx.li (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_J=E4necke?=)

I don't get the point of it. IMO this will only add another level of
confusion to sourcecode; unless someone has a real good example (better
than those in the posted link) where this technique is required I cannot
see which benefit this feature adds.

regards
danielj

Keryx Web wrote:
> Hi again!
> 
> Now that namespaces seem to be on their way into PHP 6 I wonder if
> let-blocks, as in JavaScript 1.7+, ever has been considered for PHP, to
> hide global variables from each other?
> 
> If so, can someone point me to the discussion?
> 
> For those that might have missed JS 1.7:
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/New_in_JavaScript_1.7#Block_scope_with_let
> 
> 
> Lars Gunther
>