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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Skipping parameters take 2
From: aharvey@php.net (Adam Harvey)

On 14 January 2015 at 11:15, Marc Bennewitz <dev@mabe.berlin> wrote:
> But I think adding "default" as new keyword is a big BC break!

Default already is a keyword: http://php.net/switch. There's no BC break.

> I personally also don't like it and asked myself why can't the parameter
> simply skipped?

That was in the original proposal, but counting commas is pretty lousy
if you're skipping more than one or two parameters. Having a keyword
makes it more readable.

Adam