Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:91314 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 67347 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2016 09:11:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Feb 2016 09:11:08 -0000 X-Host-Fingerprint: 80.177.120.119 marston-home.demon.co.uk Received: from [80.177.120.119] ([80.177.120.119:22255] helo=localhost.localdomain) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 38/B2-44579-A2CD6C65 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2016 04:11:07 -0500 Message-ID: <38.B2.44579.A2CD6C65@pb1.pair.com> To: internals@lists.php.net References: <56C61BE2.3090509@php.net> In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:10:59 -0000 Lines: 2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3564.1216 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3564.1216 X-Posted-By: 80.177.120.119 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC Proposal] var keyword deprecation/removal From: TonyMarston@hotmail.com ("Tony Marston") "Walter Parker" wrote in message news:CAMPTd_AHyV2d0_Saq=kPvhDZkKCMGkxAV8TNT4Hk9SdNGKCiiA@mail.gmail.com... > >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 Your reason "make PHP work like a different style of language" is meaningless. The removal of the "var" keyword does not change any functionality. -- Tony Marston