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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 13:28:57 +0200
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To: Derick Rethans <derick@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Skipping parameters take 2
From: colder@php.net (Etienne Kneuss)

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On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Sep 2013, Stas Malyshev wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I've finally took some time to revive the skipping parameter RFC and
> > patch. For those who doesn't remember what it is please see:
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/skipparams
> > TLDR version:
> >
> > The idea is to allow skipping parameters in function with optional
> > arguments so that this:
> >    function create_query($where, $order_by, $join_type='INNER', $execute
> > = false, $report_errors = true)
> >
> > can be called like this:
> >     create_query("deleted=0", "name", default, default,
> /*report_errors*/ true);
>
> What would happen if I had done:
>
>         define('default', 42);
>
> before that line?
>

well, default is a keyword so you wouldn't be able to use it as a constant
like that.
You would be able to define it via its string name, sure, but not access
it directly.


>
> cheers,
> Derick
>
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