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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:41:48 -0800
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To: Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC Proposal] var keyword deprecation/removal
From: walterp@gmail.com (Walter Parker)

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On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Tony Marston <TonyMarston@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> "Walter Parker"  wrote in message
> news:CAMPTd_AHyV2d0_Saq=kPvhDZkKCMGkxAV8TNT4Hk9SdNGKCiiA@mail.gmail.com...
>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net>
>> 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
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>>> 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.
>
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I've been doing too much C# lately, mixing up the definitions of var (C#
now uses var very frequently in coding).

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