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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] An implementation of a short syntax for closures
From: frederic.hardy@mageekbox.net (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_Hardy?=)

Hello !
> I've always thought that just supressing the "function" keyword could w=
ork
> as a shorthand, i.e. having ([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]){...}. Somewha=
t
> similar to Ruby's lambda shorthand:
> http://slideshow.rubyforge.org/ruby19.html#40
>  =20
Huge +1 for that.
Code using closures will be more readable.
>>> $add =3D | $x |=3D> | $y : $x |=3D> $x+$y;
>>>      =20
Not sure that it's really readable.
Moreover, it's more Perl/Ruby way than PHP way.

Best regards,
Fred

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