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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] With End With
From: jdavidson@zworg.com (jason davidson)

Alan Knowles wrote:

> for the life of me I cant remember the date of it, (or even find it on 
> google/zend.com/marc.theaimsgroup... etc.)
>
> from what i remember, it had a number of flaws.
>
> a) ambiguaty of the source of a variable or method, (as it was 
> originally illustrated as poluting the local variable namespace)
>
> b) the same (or similar) result,  could easily be done using aliases,
> eg.
> $a = &$this->xxx->yyyy
> $a->doThis();
>
> rather than
>
> with ($this->xxx->yyy) {
>     doThis();
> }
>
> Regards
> Alan
>
>
>
> jason davidson wrote:
>
>> If someone could help me find the discusions on the topic,  i would 
>> greatly appreciate it.  I searched and have not found anything yet.  
>> Or if someone could explain why the idea was rejected.
>> Thanks
>> jason
>>
>>
>
>
Regarding being able to produce the same result with current constucts, 
there is no argument, your right, im not at all implying its a necassary 
construct, regarding ambiguity, it is well implemented in other 
languages without problem.