Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:54379 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 85639 invoked from network); 4 Aug 2011 18:54:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Aug 2011 18:54:29 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=dukeofgaming@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=dukeofgaming@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.213.42 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: dukeofgaming@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.213.42 mail-yw0-f42.google.com Received: from [209.85.213.42] ([209.85.213.42:36483] helo=mail-yw0-f42.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id EE/A1-10926-5EAEA3E4 for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:54:29 -0400 Received: by ywb6 with SMTP id 6so1410573ywb.29 for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:54:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=Uk2TIZSLWf7M0f2nN8+JXYzR2SyJd7Zh571M9kOejF4=; b=kzCMbmxnLs+DFUtQHE9nouiCfPffFQEkWUkidybxeZ293ER+OxIochEoqW4qw3IAYS t68ncZ1Os5c8w4QxB2s9hTwZXl/56ZfAUKWYiO3x5CGhmshSjt2nTzhqvb++gesV4Dpg XumsOAEoiSZJF8hiK0a8PCEcmmfAX+zcg64J4= Received: by 10.100.245.35 with SMTP id s35mr1080468anh.84.1312484066245; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:54:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.110.15 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Aug 2011 11:54:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E3A48F2.4000503@lerdorf.com> <4E3A8014.1030503@rotorised.com> <1312457975.1541.7.camel@guybrush> <4E3A9549.6010803@daylessday.org> <4E3A9AA9.4010802@daylessday.org> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 13:54:06 -0500 Message-ID: To: Gwynne Raskind Cc: Antony Dovgal , internals@lists.php.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d27c768abddf04a9b2824f Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] An implementation of a short syntax for closures From: dukeofgaming@gmail.com (dukeofgaming) --0016e6d27c768abddf04a9b2824f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Gwynne Raskind wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 09:12, Antony Dovgal wrote: > >>> Btw, am I the only one to whom the proposed syntax seems kinda > >>> hieroglyphic? > >> No. I don't see at all why we need this, just like I don't see why we > >> needed an alternative (short) syntax for arrays. This kind of syntax > >> additions that add *no* functionality, should not be in PHP. > > Yes, I believe we should stop this stream of alternative syntax proposals > > and concentrate on fixing existing functionality instead of adding less > readable ways to do > > the same thing. I would really like to keep PHP code easily readable, not > to turn it into > > perl-ish write-only gibberish. > > 100% agreed, both about the cryptic nature of the proposed syntax and > the need to focus on fixing existing issues. Strong -1 on a new > syntax. Aye, just realized watching the |=> reminded me of perl... say, I think that is what an aneurysm feels like. --0016e6d27c768abddf04a9b2824f--