On 20.10.2022 at 19:03, Rowan Tommins wrote: > On 20/10/2022 17:48, David Rodrigues wrote: > >> Regarding this, in case you're literally saying that internally "fn()" >> turns into a common "function", and getting back to the main topic, >> would it be possible to do the same with compact()? >> >> fn() => compact('dummy') >> turns into: >> fn() => [ 'dummy' => $dummy ] >> which turns into: >> function() use($dummy) { return [ 'dummy' => $dummy ]; } > > Yes, that is what I meant by "it would be possible for the compiler to > special-case this scenario";
Well, in the general case, the compiler cannot special-case this, because compact() is a normal function, so might be used as "variable function", or may not refer to the top-level compact() at all (the called symbol may not be fully qualified). > I explained why I think that would be a bad > idea, and suggested an alternative. ACK -- Christoph M. Becker -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.php.net/unsub.php