Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:7341 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 65741 invoked by uid 1010); 27 Jan 2004 02:46:45 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 65714 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2004 02:46:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hyperion.gravitonic.com) (67.161.35.64) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 2004 02:46:44 -0000 Received: from hyperion.gravitonic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hyperion.gravitonic.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i0R2kZih028061; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:46:37 -0800 Received: (from andrei@localhost) by hyperion.gravitonic.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i0R2kYAf028059; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:46:34 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hyperion.gravitonic.com: andrei set sender to andrei@gravitonic.com using -f Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:46:34 -0800 To: Michael Hawley Cc: internals@lists.php.net Message-ID: <20040127024633.GD27964@hyperion.gravitonic.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andrei Zmievski , Michael Hawley , internals@lists.php.net References: <5EA4B904-5071-11D8-8C60-000A956E1B66@media.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5EA4B904-5071-11D8-8C60-000A956E1B66@media.mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] dollars and sense. From: andrei@gravitonic.com (Andrei Zmievski) On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Michael Hawley wrote: > Why must variable names begin with $? I can't see any > real reason, except when signalling a replacement within > a string (e.g., "... $var ..."). The language would be less > cumbersome if the dollar was optional otherwise. You are about 9 years late to the party. -Andrei "Claiming Java is easier than C++ is like saying that K2 is shorter than Everest." -- Larry O'Brien (editor, Software Development)