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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:53:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Dropping requirement for `function` keyword for
 methods in classes/interfaces/etc
From: johannes@schlueters.de (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

Hi,

On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 21:44 +0000, Nikita Nefedov wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As someone mentioned in the thread about short syntax for closures, we  
> could also drop requirement for `function` keyword when defining/declaring  
> methods in classes, interfaces or traits.

I proposed this in November '10: http://news.php.net/php.internals/50628

I agreed to the conclusion that the "function" keyword provided a nice
way to grep for functions when handling foreign code and leaving it out
only provides little improvement in less typing.

Please provide new arguments for a new discussion. (That thread was
rather long)

And as a general note I'd like to remind you all about Rasmus' recent
mail: http://news.php.net/php.internals/65894 - In my words: Why not fix
bugs instead of creating new ones?

johannes