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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] php7- dropping the $ from the variable name - rfc
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Ionut,

  a Friend suggested to replace it with a Euro sign, so that PHP code gets
  worth more :-)

marcus

Thursday, September 18, 2008, 8:30:37 PM, you wrote:

> Actually, I somehow understand what he wants, considering we'll soon
> have lambdas and closures. I mean, in case of javascript a variable can
> hold as well a function as it can hold anything else. Anyway, I don't
> think this is the case for PHP. I do find it ugly to write $function(),
> but I guess I'll live with it as I did until now.

> Cheers,
> I. Stan




> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Moon <brianm@dealnews.com>
> To: mike <mike503@gmail.com>
> Cc: marius popa <mapopa@gmail.com>; internals@lists.php.net
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:06:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] php7- dropping the $ from the variable name - rfc

> mike wrote:
>> Personally I love the $. It makes it so much easier to identify
>> variables. It's a single character. Can't see the need honestly to
>> even bring this up.

> +1,000,000.  Horrible idea.  *facepalm*

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Best regards,
 Marcus