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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Inconsistencies in 5.3
From: moriyoshi@at.wakwak.com (Moriyoshi Koizumi)

Larry Garfield wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2008 12:48:37 am Moriyoshi Koizumi wrote:
>> I don't think there are many differences in ambiguity between
>>
>> $closure = function ($arg) { use $a;
>>    ...
>> };
>>
>> and
>>
>> $closure = function ($arg) use ($a) {
>> };
>>
>> Moriyoshi
>>
>> --
>> Moriyoshi Koizumi <moriyoshi@at.wakwak.com>
> 
> The former has no good way to differentiate between by-ref and by-value 
> importing.  The latter has a very intuitive way.  That's why (IIRC) it was 
> used.

The only difference I could see between the two is the presence of 
parenthesis. I doubt they contribute to the intuitiveness that much.

function ($arg) { use $a, &$b;

v.s.

function ($arg) use ($a, &$b) {

Moriyoshi