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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC Proposal] var keyword deprecation/removal
From: yohgaki@ohgaki.net (Yasuo Ohgaki)

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:59 AM, Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> wrote:
>> On 18 =D7=91=D7=A4=D7=91=D7=A8=D7=B3 2016, at 23:23, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohga=
ki@ohgaki.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 4:33 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>>>
>>> Colin O'Dell wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to propose an RFC to deprecate and eventually remove the "var=
"
>>>> keyword.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't have a strong opinion on that, I guess I'm in favour. It seems =
like
>>> a fairly harmless deprecation.
>>>
>>> Though if we do get rid of the var syntax, I'd like it if we kept the
>>> reserved word, because it still might be useful in future for typed
>>> variables or different variable scoping.
>>
>> Same opinion.
>> Keeping various syntax makes language more complex.
>
> I think it's a drop in the bucket compare to new features we're adding pl=
enty of on every version.  These make the language a lot more complex than =
var being an alias to public (not even different syntax).
>
> To me, var falls squarely in the bucket of "no strong reason to remove".

I agree. There is no strong reason to remove.

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
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