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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:47:23 -0700
To: "troels knak-nielsen" <troelskn@gmail.com>
Cc: "Arvids Godjuks" <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com>, internals@lists.php.net
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] php7- dropping the $ from the variable name - rfc
From: jordanryanmoore@gmail.com ("Jordan Moore")

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:25 PM, troels knak-nielsen
<troelskn@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Arvids Godjuks
> <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, you can do that right now, PHP supports that for ages.
>>
>> <?php
>> $myVar = 'print';
>> $myVar('Hello!'); // Outputs hello
>> ?>
>
> Partly because I can't resist being smug, partly because it might
> confuse someone, I have to point out that that example won't work,
> because pint isn't a function. It would work with most everything else
> though.
>
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You're right, "pint" isn't a function, and neither is "print".

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Jordan Ryan Moore