Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:91283 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 86244 invoked from network); 18 Feb 2016 20:24:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Feb 2016 20:24:40 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=walterp@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=walterp@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.213.52 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: walterp@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.213.52 mail-vk0-f52.google.com Received: from [209.85.213.52] ([209.85.213.52:33588] helo=mail-vk0-f52.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 1F/74-62769-88826C65 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:24:40 -0500 Received: by mail-vk0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k196so56157589vka.0 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:24:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=v7rn2QXuHlnKuZBPfgKnPk5/ueu1Mex56dNbNBl6dAw=; b=QjUagmxH0BdunAcEh2OxlalxUATKpiFOanAe/0GLkHmmWRIyuMY1AHgVinKWGjOkQE qIyfjKBpeMHVvFj7Z6oSFZmaVfGIoCcpiJbyjrNdd02ze1mI0BCSy2OfcOdMVXjYxElL xQVIhElwTo4GuMK2Ucwl48Tq2uFst6PdlNndK0MZUyS6rT8Gm8N7ejfSFKvv/FS+0w+A ZVyJPOEETXRhLGp9uuakJFH6Dm5U9qIaNeCjenl6lrF3UW1xTCWJcLcV7KmmLrveixGp SqY/sbc16L+r7b5OZF+tqxBH20RJ7LPvlNW28cXmBvHp1WRP4z1yn2eA+wBETKBF4o/s DJcw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=v7rn2QXuHlnKuZBPfgKnPk5/ueu1Mex56dNbNBl6dAw=; b=jGoktrxBSF3Zf5r9/QMODfuSjgxzehxgfcU+135+WBxGSMnK//FKXVy8IM0wYbRyEi wtRP3XicnvywXb5tPwDknTg7a2x8cK1CrUNgy3D//EsNyLCzpQVC68T+3ML+iM+AFeik bkzdjsbNenxQVEX8OCmlZfaDLmQfHDG6tCLA+P0mNQUCgk8kzpgV6kXZAtKgmK32m3O1 FC916My42Fn3/35KdfwtMXjcEZQjSJU/1vLYUwK5Q5PPc3lEr5019CwrCQP7xIueSrdm WojM59sCXh3b38nghAXdI0aa7V5gsX2GPOLzD4DSz7Vaji3yYv4ndM9hgyTjpUKWX4Ms 0+bA== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORaBSxFGMZbFb14A4pyqhAvHvw/BMyxJdwSmbE+vsPpfHuP0cHfsk1NB/LB4Ck2Pb+wPGRr0RFQ4Xefng== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.130.6 with SMTP id e6mr6696471vkd.49.1455827076440; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:24:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.176.68.230 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:24:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56C61BE2.3090509@php.net> References: <56C61BE2.3090509@php.net> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:24:36 -0800 Message-ID: To: PHP Internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1143d0e4bee852052c112737 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC Proposal] var keyword deprecation/removal From: walterp@gmail.com (Walter Parker) --001a1143d0e4bee852052c112737 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: > On 02/18/2016 02:10 PM, Colin O'Dell wrote: > >> I'd like to propose an RFC to deprecate and eventually remove the "var" >> keyword. >> > > +1 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > What are your reasons for this proposal? I can think of multiple reasons why this might not be a good idea, but the only reason that pops to mind for getting rid of it is to make PHP work like a different style of language. Walter -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis --001a1143d0e4bee852052c112737--