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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:54:24 -0400
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To: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Object and Array Literals
From: sean@seancoates.com (Sean Coates)

>>> $foo =3D {
>>>   'bar' : function(){
>>>      echo 'baz';
>>>   }
>>> };
>>>=20
>>> $foo->bar();
>>=20
>> I guess it's not yet too late to surpass Perl in the front of =
obscurity...
>=20
> Since the stuff to the right of the assignment operator (`:` in this =
case) is valid PHP, I don't see why this wouldn't be allowed if we adopt =
the {} syntax. It's not much different from this, which is currently =
valid:
>=20
> $foo =3D (object)array(
>  'bar' =3D> function () {
>    echo 'baz';
>  }
> };

Matthew pointed out to me (on IRC) that this actually doesn't work in =
current PHP (you can't call an object property as a closure without one =
of the proxy functions like call_user_function_array()). My mistake.

Note that this shouldn't affect the RFC, and this behaviour should be =
addressed as a separate issue if people think it should work (FWIW, I do =
obviously think this should work, but that's a separate thread, please).

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