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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 12:55:02 -0700
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To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Types on the right or on the left
From: levim@php.net (Levi Morrison)

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wro=
te:
> Hi!
>
>> But it=E2=80=99s rather weird for closures:
>>
>>     $foo =3D Foo function () {
>>     };
>
> Not much weirder than:
>
> $foo =3D static function () { ... }
>
> which we already have. Putting modifiers in front of the function is
> nothing foreign to PHP.

This syntax is one reason that this approach is *not* taken. While
this RFC does not propose or implement a return type of static, it
could be done in the foreseeable future. Your proposed syntax would
then be ambiguous.