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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:43:53 +0100
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To: Clint Priest <cpriest@zerocue.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Short syntax for anonymous functions
From: markg85@gmail.com (Mark)

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Clint Priest <cpriest@zerocue.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/21/2013 5:17 AM, David Muir wrote:
>>
>> On 21/02/2013, at 6:12 AM, Lazare Inepologlou <linepogl@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Long code is not always equivalent to readable code. A shorter syntax
>>> could
>>> improve readability in *some* cases.
>>>
>>> Long:
>>> $users->OrderBy( function( $x ){ return $x->Surname; } );
>>>
>>> Short:
>>> $users->OrderBy( $x ==> $x->Surname );
>>>
>> I think your example proves the opposite. The fist example was much easier
>> to read and understand than the second.
>
> That all depends on how many languages you're versed in, the short syntax
> above is common in many modern languages and has no clarity issues for me.
>
>
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> -Clint
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Just letting my voice hear as a "php developer" watching this list
from time to time.
As a php developer i'm heavily against adding this "feature" to php.
It makes the code very vague to understand and specially if it's
spread over multiple files.

For example file_a.php has:
$sayHi = { echo "hi"; };

Now lets say file_b.php has this:
$sayHi();

This is just code obfuscation! Please don't add it. It would be neat
as a code obfuscation technique :)

Just my 5 cents.

Cheers,
Mark